Manchester City Police Headquarters

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Manchester City Police Headquarters
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Entrance on Southmill Street
Manchester City Police Headquarters
General information
Type Police station
Architectural style Palladian
AddressSouthmill Street, Manchester M2 5GB, England
Town or city Manchester
Country United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°28′42.85″N2°14′47.94″W / 53.4785694°N 2.2466500°W / 53.4785694; -2.2466500
Year(s) built1933–1937
Groundbreaking6 September 1934 (foundation stone)
Construction startedJuly 1933
Completed1937
Opened16 July 1937
Relocated2011
Renovated2022
Closed2014
Cost£100,500
Client City of Manchester
Owner Manchester City Police, Manchester City Council
Technical details
Material Portland stone, brick
Floor count6
Design and construction
Architect(s) G. Noel Hill
Architecture firmManchester City Architect's Department
Main contractorJ. Gerrard and Sons, Swinton

The Manchester City Police Headquarters historic building is located in Manchester, England. [1] It was built during 1933–37 as the headquarters of the Manchester City Police. [2]

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Description

The building is flanked on three sides by Bootle Street (south), Southmill Street (east), and Jackson's Row (north). The main vehicular entrance was in Bootle Street, with the formal entrance door in Southmill Street. Opposite to the east is the Friend's Meeting House, used as a conference centre. [3]

The building was designed by G. Noel Hill, [2] the Manchester City Architect, and erected during 1933–37 by the contractor J. Gerrard and Sons of Swinton. [4] The main facade on Southmill Street is faced with Portland stone and the other walls are of golden honey brick. There was a partially covered 150×50 feet courtyard in the centre of the building. [2] There were six floors in total, a basement, lower ground floor (including cells and a garage), ground floor (including a museum), first floor, second floor to the front and sides, and to the front only a third floor.

The foundation stone for the building was laid by Councillor Reginald Ashley Larmuth, the chairman of the Watch Committee, on 6 September 1934. [5] The building was opened by The Rt Hon. Alderman Joseph Toole JP, then the Lord Mayor of Manchester, on 16 July 1937.

Later developments

Manchester City Police merged with the Salford City Police to create the Manchester and Salford Police in 1968, which itself was amalgamated into the Greater Manchester Police in 1974. In 2011, Greater Manchester Police moved to a new headquarters in north Manchester. [6] The building closed as a police station in 2014. [5]

The site was redeveloped from 2022 including a new 41-storey high-rise building. [7] [8] [9] The building was largely demolished but the side with the Portland stone facade has been retained. [10]

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