Cheetham Town Hall (Former)

The building was commissioned as a town hall for the township of Cheetham in the mid-19th century. It was designed by Thomas Bird in the Italianate style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was officially opened on 5 January 1855. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto Cheetham Hill Road. The building also included recessed side wings of two bays each which were lower than the main frontage. The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, featured a doorway with a fanlight flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature with triglyphs. In front of the central section, there was a porte-cochère with iron columns supporting a…