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Portico Library

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Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Portico Library
Phone:
+44 161 236 6785

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday11am - 3pm


The Portico Library, The Portico or Portico Library and Gallery on Mosley Street, Manchester, is an independent subscription library designed in the Greek Revival style by Thomas Harrison of Chester and built between 1802 and 1806. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, having been designated on 25 February 1952, and has been described as the most refined little building in Manchester.The library was established as a result of a meeting of Manchester businessmen in 1802 which resolved to found an institute uniting the advantages of a newsroom and a library. A visit by four of the men to the Athenaeum in Liverpool inspired them to achieve a similar institution in Manchester. Money was raised through 400 subscriptions from Manchester men and the library opened in 1806. The library, mainly focused on 19th-century literature, was designed by Thomas Harrison, architect of Liverpool's Lyceum and built by one of the founders, David Bellhouse. Its first secretary, Peter Mark Roget, began his thesaurus here. Today the ground floor is tenanted by The Bank, a public house that takes its name from the Bank of Athens that leased the property in 1921. The library occupies what became the first floor with its entrance on Charlotte Street.
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