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Manchester Assize Courts
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General information
StatusDemolished
TypeVenetian Gothic
LocationStrangeways, Manchester, Lancashire
Coordinates53°29′30″N 2°14′53″W / 53.4918°N 2.2481°W / 53.4918; -2.2481
Construction started1859
Completed1864
Demolished1957 (ruins from the Manchester Blitz)
Height
Antenna spire85 m (279 ft)
Roof80 m (260 ft)
Technical details
Floor area7
Design and construction
Architect(s)Alfred Waterhouse

The Manchester Assize Courts was a building housing law courts on Great Ducie Street in the Strangeways district of Manchester, England. It was 279 ft (85 m) tall and from 1864 to 1877 the tallest building in Manchester. Widely admired,[1] it has been referred to as one of Britain's 'lost buildings'.[2] It was severely damaged by wartime bombing in the Manchester Blitz, and then the remains were demolished in 1957.

  1. ^ "Assize Courts, Manchester". victorianweb.org. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. ^ "One way to help our broken society – rebuild our cities destroyed by post-war vandals". The Telegraph. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2011.

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