Manchester Town Hall

E10849

Grade I listed building municipal building town hall

Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian-era neo-Gothic municipal building in Manchester, England, serving as the historic seat of the city's local government.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grade I listed building → municipal building → town hall →
architecturalStyle	Neo-Gothic → Victorian Gothic →
completionDate	1877 →
constructionStartDate	1868 →
country	England →
hasArchitect	Alfred Waterhouse →
hasArchitecturalFeature	central courtyard → ornate stone carvings → pointed arches → ribbed vaults → traceried windows →
hasBell	Great Abel →
hasClock	yes →
hasFunction	ceremonial venue → civic administration → tourist attraction →
hasMuralArtist	Ford Madox Brown →
hasPart	Great Hall → Lord Mayor’s Parlour → ceremonial rooms → clock tower → committee rooms → council chamber → courtyard → murals by Ford Madox Brown → sculptural program of statues → staircase hall →
height	approximately 87 metres →
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building →
heritageDesignationDate	1952 →
inception	1868 →
locatedIn	Manchester → Manchester city centre →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Greater Manchester → North West England →
locatedInCountry	United Kingdom →
locatedOn	Albert Square →
materialUsed	Spinkwell stone → sandstone →
namedAfter	city of Manchester →
numberOfFloorsAboveGround	4 →
occupies	Albert Square, Manchester →
officialOpeningDate	1877 →
operator	Manchester City Council →
ownedBy	Manchester City Council →
primaryUse	meeting place of Manchester City Council → seat of local government for Manchester →
roofMaterial	slate →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Hall (Manchester Town Hall) → Lord Mayor’s Parlour →	locatedIn
Manchester Athenaeum → Midland Hotel, Manchester →	locatedNear
Deputy Lord Mayor of Manchester → Mayor of Greater Manchester ("Manchester Town Hall Extension") →	seat
Albert Square →	adjacentTo
Manchester city centre →	contains
Metropolitan Borough of Manchester →	hasLandmark
St Peter's Square ("Manchester Town Hall (Albert Square area)") →	hasNearbyAttraction
St Peter's Square, Manchester ("Manchester Town Hall Extension") →	hasNearbyBuilding
Great Abel →	location
Manchester City Council →	meetsAt
St Peter’s Square tram stop →	near
Manchester Central Library →	nearby
Ford Madox Brown ("Manchester Town Hall murals") →	notableProject
Alfred Waterhouse →	notableWork
Albert Square →	overlookedBy
Great Hall (Manchester Town Hall) ("Manchester Town Hall complex") →	partOf
Manchester Corporation →	seatOfGovernment
Manchester City Council →	usesBuilding