Building Name

Manchester Conservative Club (Architectural Competition)

Date
1873
District/Town
Central, Manchester
County/Country
GMCA, England
Partnership
Work
Architectural competition
Status
unplaced entry

Of the forty-nine designs submitted, those by Messrs Pennington & Bridgen, Mr Salomons and Mr Walker have received premiums, 100 guineas each. The amount named for expenditure is ,23,500. Mr Murgatroyd, architect advised the directors in their choice. The designs for the most part were indifferent. Messrs Clegg & Knowles, Messrs Maycock & Bell, Messrs Price & Linklater, Messrs Alley & Wilson, Blackwell & Booth, Speakman & Hickson, Mr Redmayne, Messrs Horton & Bridgeford, Mr Lowe, Mr Heathcote and Mr E M Gibbs were prominent competitors. [Builder 5 April 1873 Page 260]