Manchester Reform Club

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The Reform Club in Spring Gardens, Manchester, England, is a former gentlemen's club of the Victorian era. Constructed in 1870–1871 in the Venetian Gothic style by Edward Salomons in collaboration with Irish architect John Philpot Jones,[1][2] the club is "his best city centre building"[1] and is a Grade II* listed building as of 3 October 1974.[3] The contract for construction was awarded to "Mr Nield, builder, Manchester for £20,000".[4] Built as a club house for Manchester's Liberal Party elite, the building was opened by the Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone on October 17, 1871.[5]

The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar with polychrome dressings and hipped slate roofs[3] and is three-storey with elaborate corner turrets and oriel windows and balconies. The main entrance is "richly adorned with carving including winged beasts".[1] The interior contains a "fine staircase, a (two-storey) grand dining room and an enormous billiard room, running the whole length of the building, in the roof".[1] The "hall and staircase (have) linenfold panelling.



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