Worsley Courthouse, Salford was built in 1849 for Francis Egerton but is not on the list of local haunted hotpots, yet. I know it's more mock Tudor than Gothic but despite it now being a wedding venue it always looks a little sinister and ghostly to me...
Manchester’s Centre for Gothic Studies opens this month. To mark this there are a series of events and activities from the dark side this week:
"There will be readings from Gothic writers, a ghost hunt at haunted Ordsall Hall, a tour of Monstrous Manchester, tours of architectural hotspots like the John Rylands library and the Town Hall, a lamp-lit walk through the Gothic highlights of the Manchester Art Gallery, creative writing workshops, a double-bill of horror at Cornerhouse and a series of academic papers and symposia. Manchester is teeming with gothic architecture, goth bands, gothic events and gothic experts, and has even been the setting of horror films such as The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (Jorge Grau, 1974). "
"There will be readings from Gothic writers, a ghost hunt at haunted Ordsall Hall, a tour of Monstrous Manchester, tours of architectural hotspots like the John Rylands library and the Town Hall, a lamp-lit walk through the Gothic highlights of the Manchester Art Gallery, creative writing workshops, a double-bill of horror at Cornerhouse and a series of academic papers and symposia. Manchester is teeming with gothic architecture, goth bands, gothic events and gothic experts, and has even been the setting of horror films such as The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (Jorge Grau, 1974). "
This is a style of architecture I just love but I do see what you mean about it looking a bit 'ghostly'.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I don't know this building, must check it out. Ordsall Hall is worth a visit.
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