One for UNESCO's list
Rochdale Town Hall, viewed from the elevated position of St. Chad's parish church, with the College Bank Flats in the background. The body of the town hall is the work of W.H. Crossland and dates from 1871, but when the original tower was destroyed by fire in 1882, Alfred Waterhouse (architect of Manchester Town Hall and a raft of Prudential Assurance offices around the UK) provided its replacement. The building is Grade I listed by English Heritage.
As a regular visitor to the Loire Valley in France, I make the case that - as per the whole array of Renaissance chateaux in that region - UNESCO should add the town halls of the Lancashire and Yorkshire textile towns to their list of World Heritage Sites. They are as magnificent as any chateau or palazzo. Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale, Halifax, Dewsbury, Morley, Bradford, Leeds...I pick out examples at random. Go, see, and admire.
One for UNESCO's list
Rochdale Town Hall, viewed from the elevated position of St. Chad's parish church, with the College Bank Flats in the background. The body of the town hall is the work of W.H. Crossland and dates from 1871, but when the original tower was destroyed by fire in 1882, Alfred Waterhouse (architect of Manchester Town Hall and a raft of Prudential Assurance offices around the UK) provided its replacement. The building is Grade I listed by English Heritage.
As a regular visitor to the Loire Valley in France, I make the case that - as per the whole array of Renaissance chateaux in that region - UNESCO should add the town halls of the Lancashire and Yorkshire textile towns to their list of World Heritage Sites. They are as magnificent as any chateau or palazzo. Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale, Halifax, Dewsbury, Morley, Bradford, Leeds...I pick out examples at random. Go, see, and admire.