Building Name

Extension to Art Gallery Esplanade and Manchester Road Rochdale

Date
1911
Street
Esplanade
District/Town
Rochdale
County/Country
GMCA, England
Client
Rochdale Corporation
Work
Extensions

The Rochdale Corporation at their meeting on Thursday in last week adopted plans by Mr Hathaway for the extension of the art-gallery at an estimated outlay of £6,500. It was explained that the whole of the Willow Bank site will be utilised. The extension will be carried from the existing gallery to the junction of the Esplanade and Manchester Road, and down Manchester Road to the limit of the site, the new fronts being in keeping with the present building. At the corner of Manchester Road there will be extra ornamentation and a bay window. The ground floor will provide additional museum accommodation, and above there will be two more galleries for pictures.

Reference    Building News 1911
Reference    Wyke: Public Sculpture