Basic Site Details Name: | Manchester Town Hall | City or county: | Manchester | Country: | England | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | 136 entrants in total. First stage assessed by G Godwin, second stage by Donaldson and Street. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Town hall | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1866 | 1867 | Competition held | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Alfred Waterhouse | | | 1866 | | Won competition and secured job | | Bruce James Talbert | | | 1866 | | Competition design - unplaced | | Edward Salomons | | | 1866 | | Competition design - shortlisted in first stage, unsuccessful in second stage | | John Honeyman | | | 1866 | | Competition design - unplaced | | John Oldrid Scott | | | 1866 | | Competition design - shortlisted in first stage, unsuccessful in second stage | | Thomas Henry Wyatt | | | 1866 | | Competition design - shortlisted in first stage, unsuccessful in second stage | | Speakman & Charlesworth | | A | 1866 | | Competition design - shortlisted in first stage, placed second in second stage | | Clarke & Bell | | J | c. 1866 | | Competition design | | George Bell I | | J | c. 1866 | | Competition design | | William Clarke | | J | c. 1866 | | Competition design |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 1866 | XXIV | | p907 | | Builder | 1867 | XXV | | pp185, 223, 248, 612, 625, 60, 687 & 734 | | Builder | 1868 | XXVI | | pp138, 249, 259, 317i, 336 & 392i | | Builder | 1876 | XXXIV | | p952i | | Building News | 29 April 1881 | | | Talbert design published |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | State Library, New South Wales | Sketchbook and scrapbook of architectural plans and tracings | | Plates 147-148 |
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