15-660: The Whitworth Building is a grade II* listed building on Oxford Road and Burlington Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock , Manchester , England. It has been listed since 18 December 1963 and is part of the University of Manchester . It lies at the south-east range of the old quadrangle of the University, with the Manchester Museum adjoined to the north, and the former Christie Library connected to
30-533: A non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport . The metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is made up of 10 metropolitan boroughs : Bolton , Bury , Manchester , Oldham , Rochdale , Salford , Stockport , Tameside , Trafford and Wigan . The Grade I buildings in each borough are listed separately. Manchester, the world's first industrialised city, has 15 of Greater Manchester's 48 Grade I listed buildings,
45-471: A large perpendicular style stained glass window facing south. Two 3-stage corner towers flank the window, with octagonal belfries and short spires. The building's upper floor comprises the Whitworth Hall, which can hold up to 675 people for meetings, up to 300 people for banquets or up to 200 for dinner dances. The interior of the hall is also Gothic in construction and decoration, in keeping with
60-481: A niche at the top of the main staircase. Three buildings are attributed to engineer George Stephenson . One of them, Liverpool Road railway station , is the oldest surviving railway station in the world. The newest Grade I listed building in Greater Manchester is Royd House , built and designed by Edgar Wood in 1916 as his residence. Twenty-two buildings, almost half of the total, were completed in
75-459: Is "one of the classic areas of industrial and urban growth in Britain, the result of a combination of forces that came together in the 18th and 19th centuries: a phenomenal rise in population, the appearance of the specialist industrial town, a transport revolution, and weak local lordship". Much of the region, historically a part of Lancashire , was at the forefront of textile manufacturing from
90-729: Is the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin in Eccles , completed in the 13th century but greatly expanded since then. There are eight listed manor houses , the earliest of which date from the 14th century; Wardley Hall , still in use today as the residence of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford , has the preserved skull of St Ambrose Barlow – one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales – on display in
105-907: Is the highest listing category usually reserved for buildings of international stature; only 2.5% of listed buildings are Grade I. Grade II* comprises 5.5% of all listed building and are historic works worthy of special interest. The lowest and most common listing is Grade II, reserved for works which are architecturally, culturally or historically notable and warrant preservation. Manchester has fifteen Grade I listed buildings and 80 Grade II* listed buildings. This list concerns Grade II buildings in Manchester. Italics denote building under construction Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester#Manchester Download coordinates as: There are 48 Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester , England. In
120-614: The Victorian (1837–1901) and Edwardian (1901–1911) eras, most as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution . In England and Wales , the authority for listing is granted by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and is administered by English Heritage , an agency of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport . There are three categories of listing – Grade I, Grade II* and Grade II. Grade I
135-470: The United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest". In England, the authority for listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 rests with Historic England ,
150-555: The building is of a much less lofty construction, and is separated into a number of meeting rooms, consisting of five boardrooms and a council chamber. [REDACTED] Media related to Whitworth Hall at Wikimedia Commons Italics denote building under construction Grade II listed buildings in Manchester There are many Grade II listed buildings in the city of Manchester , Greater Manchester , England. The majority of Manchester's listed buildings date from
165-400: The early 19th century until the early 20th century, and the county includes several former mill towns . Greater Manchester has a wealth of industrial heritage , represented by industrial architecture found throughout the county, but most of its Grade I listed buildings have a municipal , ecclesiastic or other cultural heritage . The oldest Grade I listed structure in Greater Manchester
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#1732780415753180-429: The exterior. It has a hammerbeam roof (unusually the lower timbers spring from freestanding columns), a dais and a large organ occupy the northernmost part of the hall, and raised wooden galleries project from both northern and southern walls. The organ was donated by Enriqueta Rylands in 1902. The hall is licensed for civil weddings , and is used for all graduation ceremonies at the University. The lower floor of
195-537: The highest number of any borough. Oldham is the only borough to have no listed buildings with a Grade I rating. The River Irwell forms the boundary between Manchester and Salford, so one listed structure, the railway bridge over the Irwell, has been listed under both Manchester and Salford. Most of Greater Manchester's listed buildings date from the Victorian and Edwardian periods. According to an Association for Industrial Archaeology publication, Greater Manchester
210-589: The west. The building was constructed c. 1895–1902, in the style of the Gothic Revival , and was designed by Paul Waterhouse . The official opening ceremony took place on 12 March 1902, when the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary ) were present. The Whitworth Building is named after Mancunian industrialist, Joseph Whitworth , who bequeathed much of his fortune to fund public developments in Manchester. The legatees , among whom
225-436: Was Richard Copley Christie , funded the construction of the building and the adjoining Christie Library (the library was completed first and opened in 1898). The building is constructed of sandstone , with red tiled roofs in fish scale bands, and is connected to the Manchester Museum to the north via a 2-storey entrance archway. The building has two unequal storeys, consisting of eight bays separated by buttresses . It has
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