3-034-731 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The new Reform Club, Manchester, 1871. A '...handsome new building...[for the] Manchester Reform Club [which] was established five years ago, having its temporary abode in Spring-gardens. The new house was built and fitted up at a cost of nearly £60,000, including the purchase of the site, which cost £35,000. It stands at the corner where Upper King-street meets Brown-street and Spring-gardens. Its design is shown by our Engraving. The architect is Mr. Edward Salomons...The style of architecture is Venetian, freely treated. The material is Yorkshire freestone, with which the dark-coloured Shap granite columns of the doorway and of the windows contrast well...A set of Schildberg's atmospheric bells has been fitted up for the service of the different apartments. The contractors for the building were Messrs. R. Neill and Sons; the interior decorations, after Mr. Salomons' designs, were done by Mr. J. J. Harwood ; and Messrs. T. R. and E. Williams did the carving and sculpture'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.