Title

John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester, 1900

Caption

John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester, 1900. Interior, looking east from the gallery. The library was completed in 1899 to the designs of architect Basil Champneys, and was commissioned by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her late husband, a Manchester textile manufacturer and philanthropist. The library is a fine example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. It later became part of the University of Manchester.

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B39_359

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,6Mb (2,2Mb) / 13,2in x 16,1in / 3947 x 4835 (300dpi)

Keywords

road building buildings England interior indoors library architecture street country window British English lane avenue location Victorian century architectural Britain inside B&W MONOCHROME Manchester 19th century black & white black and white B W Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival 1900s 20th century nineteenth century philanthropy Victorian Gothic English Heritage Greater Manchester TGN photograph Listed Building John Basil John Rylands Rylands Basil Champneys Champneys H Bedford Lemere Grade I Deansgate Bedford Lemere H Henry Bedford Lemere Harry Bedford Lemere Lemere Henry Bedford John Rylands Library Enriqueta Augustina Rylands Enriqueta Augustina John Rylands Enriqueta Augustina Rylands Basil Champneys photograph