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The council is based at Manchester Town Hall on Albert Square, completed in 1877, [34] and the adjoining Town Hall Extension on the opposite side of Lloyd Street, which was completed in 1938 and is linked to the older building by first floor bridges. [35] The main Town Hall has been under refurbishment since 2020, due to reopen in 2026.
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 refurbished Rates Hall in 2014. The Town Hall Extension, housing municipal departments including rates, rents, and street cleaning departments, was built after a competition in 1927 was won by E. Vincent Harris who, in the same year, won a competition to build Manchester Central Library on an adjacent site. [1]
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. Other smaller buildings from the same period surround it, many of which are listed (the buildings on the north side are in Princess Street).
Pages in category "City and town halls in Greater Manchester" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A new grocery store is coming to Citation and Georgetown. Other things on tap in 2023: the beginning of the redevelopment of the High Street parking lot across from Central Bank Center and Rupp Arena.
Victoria Baths is a Grade II* listed building, [2] in the Chorlton-on-Medlock area of Manchester, England. The baths opened to the public in 1906 and cost £59,144 to build. Manchester City Council closed the baths in 1993 and the building was left empty. A multimillion-pound restoration project began in 2007.
The oldest town hall, which was built as a chapel for pilgrims, is Dover Town Hall, thought to have been completed in around 1203, [2] while the oldest purpose-built town hall is Bury St Edmunds Guildhall, which dates back to around 1220. [3] The tallest town hall is Manchester Town Hall with a clock tower which rises to 280 feet (85 m). [4]