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Latitude: 53.5018 / 53°30'6"N
Longitude: -2.2335 / 2°14'0"W
OS Eastings: 384607
OS Northings: 400594
OS Grid: SD846005
Mapcode National: GBR DM7.1P
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.N7MS
Plus Code: 9C5VGQ28+PH
Entry Name: Bus Depot and Transport Museum
Listing Date: 20 June 1988
Last Amended: 6 June 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1247471
English Heritage Legacy ID: 456960
ID on this website: 101247471
Location: Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M8
County: Manchester
Electoral Ward/Division: Cheetham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Manchester
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Cheetham
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Bus depot Museum building
MANCHESTER
SD80SW QUEENS ROAD, Cheetham
698-1/2/570 (North side)
20/06/88 Bus Depot and Transport Museum
(Formerly Listed as:
QUEENS ROAD, Cheetham
(North side)
Bus Depot and Transport Museum
including Nos 99 &99a)
II
Includes: Nos.99 AND 99A QUEENS ROAD Cheetham.
Former electric tram shed, now bus depot and museum. Dated
1901; altered. Red brick, some stone dressings,
steeply-pitched slate roofs. Office block to front; tram shed
behind facade. Two storeys, 15 irregular bays, plus wide
splayed corner to left. The corner has a very large
round-headed window with chamfered surround and 5 stone
voussoirs including carved keystone, and a keyed clock-face
above with arched surround, and is flanked by ramped screen
walls. The main range has bays in rhythm AAABBACABBAAAA, with
low buttresses between these sections: "A" bays have
semi-circular windows at ground floor and tall half dormers
with gables; the central "C" bay is similar but larger, with a
banded gable; and the "B" bays have square-headed windows on
both floors, and eaves swept out. All windows have metal
glazing bars. Nos.99 and 99A attached at right-hand end
similar but with wooden small-paned windows. The splayed
corner has a foundation stone with lettering including the
words "City of Manchester. The first electric car shed, opened
on the 6th day of June 1901", and a war memorial plaque. Very
long return side in simpler style. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD8460700594
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 29 August 2017.
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