مكتبة بورتيكو
مكتبة بورتيكو (المعروفة أيضًا باسم بورتيكو أو مكتبة ومعرض بورتيكو ) في شارع موسلي بوسط مدينة مانشستر ، إنجلترا، هي مكتبة اشتراك مستقلة صممها توماس هاريسون من تشيستر على الطراز الإغريقي المُجدد ، وشُيدت بين عامي 1802 و1806. [ 1 ] وهي مُدرجة في قائمة التراث الوطني لإنجلترا كمبنى مُصنف من الدرجة الثانية* ، بعد أن تم تصنيفها في 25 فبراير 1952، [ 2 ] ووُصفت بأنها "أجمل مبنى صغير في مانشستر ". [ 3 ] أسسها رجال أعمال محليون كمؤسسة تضم غرفة أخبار ومكتبة، وافتُتحت عام 1806، وسرعان ما أصبحت مركزًا للحياة الأدبية والفكرية في المدينة؛ حيث بدأ سكرتيرها الأول، بيتر مارك روجيه ، العمل على معجمه هناك. واليوم، لا تزال تعمل كمكتبة مستقلة ومكان ثقافي، حيث تُعرض مجموعتها التاريخية في الطوابق العليا، بينما يشغل الطابق الأرضي حانة ذا بانك .
تاريخ

تأسست المكتبة عام ١٨٠٢ بعد اجتماعٍ لرجال أعمال من مانشستر قرروا إنشاء "مؤسسة تجمع بين مزايا غرفة الأخبار والمكتبة". وقد شجعت زيارة قام بها أربعة من الرجال إلى الأثينيوم في ليفربول المجموعة على السعي وراء مشروع مماثل في مانشستر. وتم تأمين التمويل من خلال ٤٠٠ اشتراك، وافتُتحت المكتبة عام ١٨٠٦.
كان المبنى، الذي صممه توماس هاريسون وشيده أحد المؤسسين، ديفيد بيلهاوس ، يركز بشكل أساسي على أدب القرن التاسع عشر. وقد بدأ سكرتيره الأول، بيتر مارك روجيه ، العمل على معجمه هناك.
The ground floor is now occupied by The Bank, a public house named after the Bank of Athens, which leased the premises in 1921. The library occupies the first floor, accessed from Charlotte Street.[4]
In November 2023, the library received a £453,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to transform the building and safeguard its collection. The project aims to reunite all three original floors for the first time in more than a century. Plans include converting the ground floor and basement into a "northern bookshop" with educational activities, dining and exhibition areas, and meeting spaces, while the upper floors would display the library's book collection, manuscript archive and architectural features.[5][6]
Architecture

The library was the first Greek Revival building in the city. Its interior was inspired by John Soane.[1] The library has a rectangular plan and is constructed in sandstoneashlar on a corner site at 57 Mosley Street. It has two storeys, a basement and roof space. Its façade on Mosley Street has a three-baypedimentedloggia with four Ionic columns set slightly forward and steps between the columns. Under the loggia are two entrance doors and three square windows at first floor level.[2]
The Charlotte Street façade has an entrance into the loggia with a square window above and another on the first floor. A five-bay colonnade of Ionic semi-columns has tall sash windows on the ground floor in each bay and square window above at first floor level. The attic storey is behind a pilasteredparapet. Originally the reading room was on the ground floor and the library occupied the remainder of the ground floor and a mezzanine gallery. A glass-domed ceiling was inserted at gallery level in about 1920 to separate the new tenants from what remained of the library.[2]
Prizes
The Portico Library, in conjunction with its cultural partners and funders, hosts a series of literary prizes throughout the year to celebrate writers and poets from Northern England and beyond. The Portico Prize for Literature was established in 1985 and awarded biennially to a work of fiction or poetry and a work of non-fiction set wholly or mainly in the north of England. The library launched the Sadie Massey Award to celebrate the North West's young writers in 2015.[7]
Recipients
| Year | Winner(s) | القائمة المختصرة | مرجع |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |
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| 2012 | قصص خيالية: اللامبالاة الجميلة: قصص ، سارة هول |
| [ 8 ] |
| كتب غير روائية: خيوط: عام من الاكتشافات على الشاطئ ، بقلم جين سبراكلاند |
| ||
| 2015 | رواية: بيستينغز ، بقلم بنجامين مايرز |
| [ 9 ] [ 10 ] |
| كتاب غير روائي: الوادي ، ريتشارد بنسون |
| ||
| سنة | الفائز(ون) | القائمة المختصرة | مرجع |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | المياه المالحة ، جيسيكا أندروز |
| [11] |
| 2022 | Toto Among the Murderers, Sally J Morgan |
| [12][13] |
Notable members
The library's first chairman was John Ferriar and its secretary was Peter Mark Roget. Other notable members include John Dalton, Reverend William Gaskell, Sir Robert Peel and more recently Eric Cantona.[4] Many of the membership have overlapped with that of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.[14]
Gallery
The main room
Reading room
Reading area
See also
References
- 12Hartwell, Clare (2002). Manchester. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press. pp. 174–175. ISBN 978-0-300-09666-8.
- 123Historic England, "The Portico Library and The Bank Public House (1197930)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 April 2012
- ↑Frangopulo, Nicholas Joseph (1977). Tradition in action: the historical evolution of the Greater Manchester County. EP Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 0-7158-1203-3.
- 12"Reflecting the past, inspiring the future". Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑"Historic Manchester library wins £453k grant for revamp". BBC News. Manchester. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ↑Brown, Mark (29 December 2023). "218-year-old library above Manchester pub prepares for £7m redevelopment". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑The Portico Prizes, The Portico Library, archived from the original on 19 January 2016, retrieved 12 August 2015
- ↑Farrington, Joshua (23 November 2012). "Hall and Sprackland win Portico Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ↑Cowdrey, Katherine (30 November 2015). "Myers and Benson win £10k Portico Literature Prize". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ↑"Porteous, Symmons Roberts, Goss and Martinez de las Rivas on the Portico Fiction shortlist". The Poetry Society. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ↑Youngs, Ian (23 January 2020). "Jessica Andrews wins Portico Prize for novel about female 'poetry and power'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ↑Youngs, Ian (21 January 2022). "Sally J Morgan wins Portico Prize for novel inspired by a brush with killers". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ↑Anderson, Porter (7 December 2021). "The United Kingdom's 2022 Portico Prize Announces Its Shortlist". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ↑ Complete List of the Members & Officers of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. From its institution on February 28th 1781 to April, 1896.
External links
- The Bank via Nicholson's Pubs
- 1806 establishments in England
- Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester
- Greek Revival architecture in the United Kingdom
- Library buildings completed in 1806
- Libraries in Manchester
- Subscription libraries in England
- Thomas Harrison buildings
