Portico Library - 1806
Portico Library - 1806 is a memorial in Manchester, England. Portico Library - 1806 is situated nearby to The Portico Library, as well as near the government office Chinese Visa Application Service Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Portico Library and Manchester Art Gallery.
The Portico Library
Library
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The Portico Library, The Portico or Portico Library and Gallery on Mosley Street in Manchester, England, is an independent subscription library designed in the Greek Revival style by Thomas Harrison of Chester and built between 1802 and 1806.
Manchester Art Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Manchester Art Gallery is situated 420 feet southwest of Portico Library - 1806.
Manchester Arena
Stadium
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Manchester Arena is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria railway station in air rights space. Manchester Arena is situated 3,100 feet north of Portico Library - 1806.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Manchester city centre.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
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Chinatown in Manchester, England, is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. Its archway was completed in 1987 on Faulkner Street in Manchester city centre, which contains Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets.
Manchester city centre
Suburb
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Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England, within the confines of Great Ancoats Street, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57 Mancunian Way, which collectively form the inner ring road.
Victoria-Shopping District
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This covers the area in central Manchester north of Piccadilly Gardens and east of Bridge St and Princess St, served by Victoria railway station. It covers the locales of the Millennium Quarter and St.
Portico Library - 1806
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Portico Library – 1806 Thomas Harrison architect (1744-1829) Richard Cobden John Dalton Elizabeth Gaskell Sir Robert Peel Thomas De Quincey Peter Mark Roget were readers here.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47972° or 53° 28′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.24064° or 2° 14′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C5VFQH5+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 9608417000OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chinese Visa Application Service Centre and Cnuk Parcel.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as The Bank and Charlotte St/Mosley Street (Stop CR).
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