Crumpsall and Cheetham Hill Library
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Crumpsall and Cheetham Hill Library
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 4 Mar 2022
The Grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197785?section=official-list-entry on Cheetham Hill Road is in a sorry state of repair. It dates from 1909-11 and is by the City Architect Henry Price. The building itself is constructed of red brick and white limestone with dressings of the same in an Edwardian Baroque style. It also comprises three wide symmetrical bays embracing a central entrance lobby with projected porch. The roof is partly glazed with the main feature being a byzantine dome. The Library stock was moved in July 1974 to new accommodation in the Abraham Moss Centre. After serving as the Manchester Black Resource Centre, the building has been empty and unused since 2008. https://manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/buildings/crumpsall-district-library-cheetham-hill-road-cheetham-hill It was sold at auction in 2015 for more than half a million pounds https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/crumpsall-cheetham-hill-library-sold-8873858 but little seems to have happened to it since then.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.511372
Longitude
-2.244696