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Manchester
Law
Library - Kennedy Street
 The Manchester Law Library was built between 1884 and 1885 by Thomas Hartas. It features three bays each subdivided into three. Pevsner describes the building as "Venetian Gothic". It has a first-floor oriel. It is now a Grade II* listed building providing a Reading Room and lending facilities to both solicitors and barristers. The image above, taken in December of 2010, seems to indicate that the building or at least part of it is To Let.  The Manchester
Incorporated Law Library is one of the oldest
purpose built law libraries in the UK. The
collection holds historical legal books some of
which date back to the seventeenth century, although
the majority date from the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. It also has a classified
collection of modern law books, law reports,
journals and statutes for loan.
  The window panels
are the work of S. Evans of Birmingham, some
depicting bewigged judges. Below they are seen
from the outside.
   Here are two of them seen from the inside.   The inside is a functioning reference and lending library.      At the back of the upper floor the library has a stained glass ceiling.      |