| Manchester Assize Courts | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | Venetian Gothic |
| Location | Strangeways, Manchester, Lancashire |
| Coordinates | 53°29′30″N 2°14′53″W / 53.4918°N 2.2481°W |
| Construction started | 1859 |
| Completed | 1864 |
| Demolished | 1957 (ruins from the Manchester Blitz) |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 85 m (279 ft) |
| Roof | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 7 |
| 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.
- ^ "Assize Courts, Manchester". victorianweb.org. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "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.