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Richard Lane
Richard Lane was born
in London in 1795 but as an architect based himself in
Manchester. He numbered among his pupils the
famous Alfred Waterhouse. He set up his
Manchester practice in 1821.
Manchester
Royal Infirmary (1834) and Lunatic Asylum
(1848), (both demolished) in
Piccadilly
Left of the photograph below  ****************************** Friend's Meeting
House, Mount Street, 1828 - 1830
(Lane was a Quaker - as was Waterhouse)   ***************** Now part of the Manchester College of Art  
******************** Richard
Lane was central in the creation of the Victoria
Park development in what is now Longsight and
Rusholm. Not only did he create the layout
of the community but he also designed some of the
houses. Below is Lane Court.
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