Here is a miscellany of Greater Manchester heritage and Arts & Crafts news over July.…
Greater Manchester
Archaeologists uncover 270 bodies as part of Cross Street Metrolink works
Whitworth Art Gallery nominated for top architecture prize
Manchester Town Hall extension and Central library bag two national construction awards
School and homes plan given green-light on former MMU Didsbury Campus
Have your say on plans to re-develop Rochdale Town Hall
Historic bridge beneath Rochdale is revealed for the first time since Victorian days
Hope for London Road fire station as ‘several bids’ made to purchase it
Two bidders for London Road Fire Station revealed
Bolton Council hopes to finally sign off town hall plans
Bolton Council will “protect” historic buildings following protests over town centre plans
Woodland Trust buys majority of Smithills estate
Project to restore paupers graves in Horwich secures funding
National
Protected status for London’s British Library, opened in 1997
‘Character and heritage’ of post boxes to be preserved
Arts & Crafts Movement
Charles Rennie Mackintosh design is first confirmed exhibit for V&A Dundee
Restoration plans for Mackintosh building trigger art school rift over studio space
Cottage dream up for sale: A Mackintosh masterpiece
The Arts and Crafts House at Compton Verney
Book review: Arts & Crafts Stained Glass
Property of the Week: Woodlands on Birkby Hall Road in Birkby
Inside the Cambridge ‘time capsule’ house
Brierley’s own Arts and Crafts house is an architectural gem
Great Dixter in Sussex – A Quintessential English Style Garden
Colour project on the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow
Art Nouveau
Hoffmann brooches shine in Vienna auction
1900-1926 Lost streets of Old Paris
Italian Liberty – Art Nouveau photographic project
Art Deco
For sale: Art Deco Highgate flat by Arsenal stadium architect
Art Deco-ded: Explore south Mumbai’s timeless architecture
Demolition Begins on Former Art Deco Salerno Cookie Factory
Almost Demo-ed Art Deco Gem on Alton Coming Back to Life
Your Big Chance to Get Inside L.A.’s Amazing Art Deco Castle