The Portico Library, Manchester
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Portico Library, Manchester by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © David Dixon Taken: 10 Apr 2019
The outside walls are lined with floor to ceiling bookshelves holding the library’s collection of 25,000 mainly 19th century books. This is the rear wall.