Chetham's School and Library is an exceptional example of
fifteenth-century collegiate architecture--the best preserved
building of its date and type in England. Located in the heart of
Manchester, Chetham's originally lodged the college of
fifteenth-century priests who officiated at the church that is now
Manchester Cathedral. After the Reformation it was acquired by the
Earls of Derby who later let it to John Dee. Miraculously surviving
war and dilapidation, the building was converted in the seventeenth
century for use as Humphrey Chetham's charity school and free
public library. This fully illustrated book is the first
comprehensive account of the Chetham's building and its turbulent
history. The book fills a gap in English architectural history,
offers new insights into a little-studied building type, and
provides fascinating details of the seventeenth-century conversion
drawn from original documents describing how the building was
adapted.
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