Title

John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester, 1900

Caption

John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester, 1900. Interior view, showing a staircase and architectural details as seen from a half-landing. 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

HRM19B40_341

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (2,2Mb) / 13,1in x 16,0in / 3927 x 4793 (300dpi)

Keywords

road building buildings England interior indoors library architecture archway arch street country British English lane avenue stairway location Victorian century architectural Britain staircase inside B&W MONOCHROME Manchester Architectural Feature 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