Chetham's School of Music
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Chetham's School of Music is a private co-educational boarding and day music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates pupils between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditi
Main courtyard
Humphrey Chetham, by an unknown artist, painted after his death
Millgate building, parallel to Long Millgate, is the former Manchester Grammar School, and became part of Chetham's in 1978. It currently accommodates two boarding houses, a dining room, school gym, and academic classrooms. It is a Grade II listed building.
Manchester Cathedral has been associated with Chetham's since its beginning, when it was a church and the school was built as accommodation for its priests, choristers and clerks.
Chetham's Library
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Chetham's Library in Manchester, England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music,
Chetham's School of Music
…when the building was constructed as a residence for priests of the church which is now Manchester Cathedral. These parts are listed buildings housing Chetham's Library. Academic and music teaching moved into a new, building in 2012; this replaced the Victorian Palatine building and allowed easier access for concert…
"The oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world."
The window alcove in which Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels worked