Basic Site Details
| Name: | Manchester Assize Courts |
| City or county: | Manchester |
| Country: | England |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Harper lists a 'Thompson' of Glasgow as one of the competitors recorded in the 'Builder'. This is presumably a misspelling but it is unclear whether it refers to A & G Thomson or James Thomson. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Courthouse | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1859 | Competition held | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Alfred Waterhouse | 1859 | Won competition (£250 premium) and secured job | |||
| James Hamilton | 1859 | Competition design - unplaced | |||
| James Thomson | 1859(?) | Possibly submitted competition design - unplaced | |||
| John James Stevenson | 1859 | Competition design - unplaced | |||
| John Thomas Rochead | 1859 | Competition design - unplaced | |||
| David Paton Low | A | 1859 | Competition design - unplaced | ||
| Haig & Low | A | 1859 | Competition design - unplaced | ||
| John Haig | A | 1859 | Competition design - unplaced | ||
| A & G Thomson | B? | 1859(?) | Possibly submitted competition design - unplaced | ||
| Alexander Thomson | B? | 1859(?) | Possibly submitted competition design - unplaced | ||
| George Thomson | B? | 1859(?) | Possibly submitted competition design - unplaced | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | London: Mansell Publishing | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 1859 | XVII | pp226, 252, 264, 286, 289, 296, 307, 318, 323, 328i & 339 | |