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Latitude: 53.4927 / 53°29'33"N
Longitude: -2.2464 / 2°14'46"W
OS Eastings: 383751
OS Northings: 399585
OS Grid: SJ837995
Mapcode National: GBR DJB.8Y
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.GGJR
Plus Code: 9C5VFQV3+3F
Entry Name: Main Prison Block of Hmp Manchester
Listing Date: 3 October 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1254636
English Heritage Legacy ID: 457639
ID on this website: 101254636
Location: Strangeways, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M60
County: Manchester
Electoral Ward/Division: Cheetham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Manchester
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Higher Broughton St James
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 6 December 2016.
SJ8399
698-1/14/577
03/10/74
MANCHESTER
SOUTHALL STREET, Cheetham
(North side)
Main Prison Block of HMP Manchester
(Formerly listed as: Main Prison Block of Strangeways Gaol)
II
GV
Prison. 1866-68, by Alfred Waterhouse. Red brick with stone
dressings. Six wings radiating from central concourse: a
short entrance wing facing the gatehouse and 5 cell-block wings.
Romanesque style. The hexagonal concourse has a clerestory of
round-headed windows with pilasters, a corbel table to the
eaves and a pointed roof. The 2-storey entrance wing (including
1st floor chapel) has a slightly projecting gabled bay in the
centre with pilasters, an arcaded range of 5 windows and central
arched entrance, and a perron over all. The five 4-storeyed cell
wings have ranges of barred windows with stone sills and cambered
stone lintels, and a canted bay at the gable end of each, enclosing
the staircase.
Listing NGR: SJ 83751 99585
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