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Albert Square is a public square in the centre of Manchester, England. It is dominated by its largest building, the Grade I listed [ 1 ] Manchester Town Hall , a Victorian Gothic building by Alfred Waterhouse .
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments. The building faces Albert Square to the north and St Peter's Square to the south, with Manchester Cenotaph facing its southern entrance.
The Memorial Hall in Albert Square, Manchester, England, was constructed in 1863–1866 by Thomas Worthington. It was built to commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the 1662 Act of Uniformity. One of the best examples of Venetian Gothic revival in the city, the hall is a Grade II* listed building.
Albert Square, Manchester: 1868–78 A large building with a triangular plan, containing a great hall and offices. Constructed in sandstone in Gothic Revival style. Contains murals by Ford Madox Brown. It cost £775,000. [20] [21] [22] I; Town Hall
1 Albert Square c. 1900: Sir Percy Scott Worthington: Albert Square: 1974 [3] 1 Booth Street c. 1850s: Unknown Booth Street 1974 [4] 8 Cable Street Mid to later 19th century Unknown Ancoats: 1994 [5] 8 Lower Park Road c. 1875: Alfred Waterhouse: Rusholme: 1974 [6] 8 and 8A St John Street: Late 18th century; altered Unknown St John Street: 1952 ...
The Kensington memorial was not the earliest; the first memorial depicting the Prince to be erected was Thomas Worthington's Albert Memorial in Albert Square, Manchester, unveiled in 1865. [5] Both memorials present the figure of Prince Albert enclosed within a Gothic ciborium, and the similarities of design have been remarked on. [6]
Two squares holding many public monuments are Albert Square in front of the town hall which has monuments to Prince Albert, Bishop James Fraser, Oliver Heywood, William Ewart Gladstone and John Bright, and Piccadilly Gardens with monuments to Queen Victoria, Robert Peel, James Watt and The Duke of Wellington.
Albert Square, Manchester; E. Exchange Square, Manchester; M. ... St Peter's Square, Manchester This page was last edited on 3 September 2021, at 19:50 (UTC). ...