The Portico Library, The Portico or Portico Library and Gallery on Mosley Street in Manchester, England, is an independent subscription library designed in the Greek Revival style by Thomas Harrison of Chester and built between 1802 and 1806. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, having been designated on 25 February 1952, and has been described as "the most refined little building in Manchester".
The Portico Library
Blue plaque outside the Portico Library naming Thomas Harrison (architect), Richard Cobden, John Dalton, Elizabeth Gaskell, Robert Peel, Thomas De Quincey and Peter Mark Roget as readers at the library
The sign above the entrance to the library
The main room
Mosley Street is a street in Manchester, England. It runs between its junction with Piccadilly Gardens and Market Street to St Peter's Square. Beyond St Peter's Square it becomes Lower Mosley Street. It is the location of several Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings.
Mosley Street looking south-west towards St Peter's Square. Taken on New Years Eve 2021
The Manchester Art Gallery
The Portico Library, on the corner of Charlotte Street
38 and 42 Mosley Street
