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The refurbished Rates Hall in 2014. The Town Hall Extension, housing municipal departments including rates, rents, and street cleaning departments, was built after a competition in 1927 was won by E. Vincent Harris who, in the same year, won a competition to build Manchester Central Library on an adjacent site. [1]
The Town Hall Extension to the west of the Town Hall, designed by E. Vincent Harris and completed in 1934 Main article: Manchester Town Hall Extension In 1927, a competition to design the Town Hall Extension was won by Emanuel Vincent Harris , the architect who also won a competition to design the city's Central Library . [ 16 ]
Harris also won the contract for the neighbouring building, the Town Hall Extension, built 1934-38, an addition to the ornate Gothic Revival Manchester Town Hall. The curved southern facade of the extension complements Harris's adjacent library building, forming Library Walk from the square to Lloyd Street. [11]
The council is based at Manchester Town Hall on Albert Square, completed in 1877, [34] and the adjoining Town Hall Extension on the opposite side of Lloyd Street, which was completed in 1938 and is linked to the older building by first floor bridges. [35] The main Town Hall has been under refurbishment since 2020, due to reopen in 2026.
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Samuel Hall, the intended minister, and A Considerable Number of the Principal Merchants and Inhabitants of this Town; Liberal Supporters of this Pious work. At the time of its construction, St Peter's was bounded by countryside on its south, west and east sides, with open fields running down to the River Medlock .
Manchester Town Hall Extension (1938) Emanuel Vincent Harris OBE RA (26 June 1876 – 1 August 1971), often known as E. Vincent Harris , was an English architect who designed several important public buildings in traditional styles.
Two St Peter's Square is a high-rise office building in St. Peter's Square, Manchester, England. Designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners , the scheme was controversial as it involved the demolition of a 1930s Art Deco but unlisted building.