Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester

There are 47 Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester, England. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest". In England, the authority for listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 rests with English Heritage, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is made up of 10 metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. The Grade I buildings in each borough are listed separately. Manchester, the world's first industrialised city, has 15 of Greater Manchester's 47 Grade I listed buildings, the highest number of any borough. Oldham is the only borough to have no listed buildings with a Grade I rating. The River Irwell forms the boundary between Manchester and Salford, so one listed structure, the railway bridge over the Irwell, has been listed under both Manchester and Salford. Most of Greater Manchester's listed buildings date from the Victorian and Edwardian periods. According to an Association for Industrial Archaeology publication, Greater Manchester is "one of the classic areas of industrial and urban growth in Britain, the result of a combination of forces that came together in the 18th and 19th centuries: a phenomenal rise in population, the appearance of the specialist industrial town, a transport revolution, and weak local lordship". Much of the region, historically a part of Lancashire, was at the forefront of textile manufacturing from the early 19th century until the early 20th century, and the county includes several former mill towns. Greater Manchester has a wealth of industrial heritage, represented by industrial architecture found throughout the county, but most of its Grade I listed buildings have a municipal, ecclesiastic or other cultural heritage. The oldest Grade I listed structure in Greater Manchester is the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin in Eccles, completed in the 13th century but greatly expanded since then. There are eight listed manor houses, the earliest of which date from the 14th century; Wardley Hall, still in use today as the residence of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford, has the preserved skull of St Ambrose Barlow – one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales – on display in a niche at the top of the main staircase. Three buildings are attributed to engineer George Stephenson. One of them, the Liverpool Road railway station, is the oldest surviving railway station in the world. The newest Grade I listed building in Greater Manchester is Royd House, built and designed by Edgar Wood in 1916 as his residence. Twenty-two buildings, almost half of the total, were completed in the 19th century. Bolton Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) 10 Firwood Fold 16th century Firwood Fold, Bolton SD732111 Church of the Holy Trinity 1825 Philip Hardwick Trinity Street, Bolton SD718086 Hall i' th' Wood 16th century Hall i' th' Wood Lane, Bolton SD722116 Parish Church of St Peter 1871 Edward Graham Paley Churchgate, Bolton SJ932956 Smithills Hall 14th century Preston New Road, Bolton SD731711 Bury Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) Church of All Saints 1826 Charles Barry Church Lane, Bury SD802060 Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew 14th century Church Green, Radcliffe SD795076 Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin 15th century Church Lane, Prestwich SD809037 Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin 1876 J. S. Crowther Market Place, Bury SD802810 Radcliffe Tower 1403 Church Street East, Radcliffe SD791307 Manchester Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) Albert Memorial 1867 Thomas Worthington Albert Square SJ837981 Baguley Hall 14th century Hall Lane, Baguley SJ815887 Chetham's Library 1422 Long Millgate, City Centre SJ839988 Church of the Holy Name of Jesus 1871 Joseph Hansom Oxford Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock SJ847964 Church of St Ann 1712 Christopher Wren (by tradition) St Ann's Square SJ837983 Edgar Wood Centre 1903 Edgar Wood Daisy Bank Road, Rusholme SJ858195 Former Bank of England 1846 Charles Robert Cockerell King Street, Deansgate SJ838983 Heaton Hall 1789 James Wyatt Heaton Park, Greater Manchester SD835044 John Rylands Library 1899 Basil Champneys Deansgate SJ835982 Liverpool Road railway station 1830 George Stephenson Liverpool Road, City centre SJ832978 Manchester Art Gallery 1835 Charles Barry Mosley Street, City centre SJ839980 Manchester Cathedral 1421 Fennel Street, City centre SJ837987 Manchester Town Hall 1877 Alfred Waterhouse Albert Square SJ837981 Old Warehouse north of Liverpool Road railway station c.1830 George Stephenson Liverpool Road, City Centre SJ830597 Railway bridge over the River Irwell 1830 George Stephenson Water Street, City Centre SJ829297 Rochdale Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) Church of St Leonard 1524 New Lane, Middleton SD871063 Rochdale Town Hall 1871 Alfred Waterhouse The Esplanade, Rochdale SD893133 Salford Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) Church of St Augustine 1874 George Frederick Bodley Bolton Road, Pendlebury SD786016 Ordsall Hall c.16th century Taylorson Street, Salford SJ815970 Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin 13th century Church Street, Eccles SJ778986 Railway bridge over the River Irwell 1830 George Stephenson Water Street, City Centre SJ829297 St Mark's Church 1846 George Gilbert Scott Worsley Brow, Worsley SD745007 Wardley Hall c.1500 Wardley Hall Road, Wardley SD757021 Stockport Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) Bramall Hall 14th century Bramhall SJ889863 Church of St Elisabeth 1883 Alfred Waterhouse Leamington Road, Reddish SJ891935 Church of St George 1897 Edward Graham Paley Buxton Road, Heaviley SJ930985 Church of St Thomas 1822 George Basevi St Thomas' Place, Stockport SJ896896 St Mary's Parish Church 1817 Lewis Wyatt Churchgate, Stockport SJ898905 Tameside Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) Church of St Anne 1881 J. Medland Taylor St Anne’s Road, Denton SJ932956 Church of St Michael and All Angels 15th century Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne SJ932898 Fairbottom Farm Barn 17th century Alt Hill Lane, Ashton-under-Lyne SD939019 Trafford Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) Church of All Saints 1868 E. W. Pugin Redclyffe Road, Urmston SJ766974 Dunham Massey Hall 1616 Dunham Massey SJ733873 Dunham Massey carriage house 1721 Dunham Massey SJ733873 Dunham Massey stables 1721 Dunham Massey SJ733873 Old Church of St Werburgh c. 14th century Wigsey Lane, Warburton SJ696896 Royd House 1916 Edgar Wood Hale Road, Hale SJ782867 Wigan Name Completed Architect Location Grid Ref Ref(s) Parish Church of St Wilfrid 1584 L. Shipway (probably) Market Place, Standish SD561102

Manchester Town Hall File:Smithills.jpg The early medieval Smithills Hall View of former Bank of England from King Street Manchester Cathedral's main entrance The parish church of St Leonard is a Norman church in Middleton. File:OrdsallHall25.JPG Ordsall Hall The east side of Bramall Hall. This side was the original entrance. Church of St Elisabeth in Reddish, an Anglo-Catholic church completed in 1883 Dunham Massey Hall Dunham Massey stables Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich Heaton Hall The standing remains of Radcliffe Tower.

See also

• Architecture of Manchester
• Conservation in the United Kingdom
• List of tallest buildings in Manchester
• Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester

Bibliography

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