Manchester Town Hall

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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.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Manchester Town Hall Extension 2
Manchester Town Hall (Albert Square area) 1
Manchester Town Hall complex 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grade I listed building ⓘ
municipal building ⓘ
town hall ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neo-Gothic ⓘ
Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: 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 Manchester ⓘ
surface form: city of Manchester
numberOfFloorsAboveGround 4 ⓘ
occupies Albert Square ⓘ
surface form: 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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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