The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is defined by its massive, ornate clock tower that rises two hundred seventeen feet above the corner of Oxford and Whitworth Streets. This terracotta-clad landmark first opened in eighteen ninety as the…
Manchester Victorian Gothic Walk
This walk connects the magnificent neo-Gothic libraries, civic palaces, and soaring monuments built on Manchester's 19th-century industrial cotton wealth. See the sheer scale and architectural ambition of the world's first industrial city.
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1. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel
2. Manchester Crown Court (Minshull St)
The Manchester Crown Court on Minshull Street features heavy red brick walls, steep slate roofs, and an imposing corner tower. Designed by architect Thomas Worthington in the Gothic Revival style, the building was completed in eighteen…
3. Grand Pacific
The Grand Pacific occupies a grey-stone building defined by its Venetian Gothic turrets and tall, arched windows at the corner of King Street and Spring Gardens. Built between eighteen seventy and eighteen seventy-one to the designs of…
4. Manchester City Council
Manchester Town Hall is defined by its eighty-five-meter clock tower, which rises above the city center as a monumental expression of Victorian Gothic ambition. Completed in eighteen seventy-seven after nine years of construction, the…
5. Albert Memorial
The Albert Memorial is a Gothic Revival structure featuring an elaborate stone canopy that shelters a nine-foot marble statue of Prince Albert. This monument stands in Albert Square, a public space created specifically to house the…
6. The Memorial Hall
The Memorial Hall catches the eye with its red brick and sandstone facade, featuring ornate carved stone tracery around the windows that gives the building the appearance of a Venetian palace transported to Manchester. Designed by…
7. The John Rylands Library
The John Rylands Library stands on Deansgate as a fortress of red sandstone, its battlements, octagonal turrets, and intricate traceried windows creating the appearance of a medieval church rising among modern commercial buildings. Built…