List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: MANCHESTER MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, FORMER LOWER BYROM STREET WAREHOUSE
List Entry Number: 1283016
Location
MANCHESTER MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, FORMER LOWER BYROM STREET WAREHOUSE, LOWER BYROM STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Manchester
District Type: Metropolitan Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 06-Jun-1994
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: LBS
UID: 388297
Asset Groupings
This List entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information.
List Entry Description
Summary of Building
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Reasons for Designation
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
History
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8397NW LOWER BYROM STREET
698-1/30/230 (West side)
Manchester Museum of Science and
Industry, former Lower Byrom Street
warehouse
GV II
Formerly known as: Lower Byrom Street Warehouse of Liverpool
Road Station LOWER BYROM STREET.
Railway goods warehouse, now part of museum complex. 1880,
altered. Red brick with dressings of red brick and some
sandstone, slate and glass roof. Large rectangular plan on
east-west axis with entrances for railway lines through west
end. Three storeys and basement, with south facade of 7 gabled
bays, each bay having 2 pairs of windows; blue brick plinth
and bands between floors with vertical strips extended to the
windows; segmental-headed windows diminishing in the height,
with stone imposts and blue brick keystones and arch-bands,
iron-framed small-pane glazing; large segmental-headed wagon
archways to the 2nd, 3rd and 5th bays, 2-stage loading slot to
the upper floors of the 3rd bay. Eight-window west end, with 2
large square train entrances at ground floor; staggered east
end with 4-window main facade, altered entrance at ground
floor.
Listing NGR: SJ8317297868
Selected Sources
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details
Map
National Grid Reference: SJ 83172 97868
The below map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. For a copy of the full scale map, please see the attached PDF - 1283016.pdf - Please be aware that it may take a few minutes for the download to complete.
© Crown Copyright and database right 2018. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.
© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2018. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
This copy shows the entry on 24-Apr-2024 at 05:56:40.
