List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY
List entry Number: 1270759
Location
CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, ST PETERS SQUARE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
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| Manchester | Metropolitan Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 03-Oct-1974
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 457312
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List entry Description
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History
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Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8397NE ST PETER'S SQUARE
698-1/31/408 (West side)
03/10/74 Central Public Library
GV II*
Public library. 1930-4, by Vincent Harris. Portland stone,
slate roof with concealed glazed lantern light. Circular plan
with rectangular portico on east side. Classical style. Four
storeys with basement and attic (surrounding a large central
reading room); with a chamfered plinth, rusticated masonry to
ground and 1st floors with a Greek-key frieze, a continuous
Tuscan colonnaded screen to set-back 2nd and 3rd floors, with
a plain frieze, cornice and parapet concealing a low set-back
attic storey. The east side (to the square) has a rectangular
2-storey projection with a central 5-bay portico of giant
Corinthian columns tetrastyle in antis, with round-headed
arches in the returned ends, and entablature with dentilled
cornice. Otherwise, the ground floor has tall round-headed
windows with keystones, the 1st floor has tall square-headed
windows, and the 2nd and 3rd floors have smaller rectangular
windows; all these windows with metal-framed small-paned
glazing. Interior: domed circular reading room surrounded by
giant Tuscan colonnade.
Listing NGR: SJ8386597942
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National Grid Reference: SJ 83865 97942
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