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Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club

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Completed
  
1880

Phone
  
+44 161 834 0616

Renovated
  
1925

Opened
  
1880

Inaugurated
  
December 1880

Architect
  
George Tunstal Redmayne

Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club

Location
  
Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Owner
  
Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club

Address
  
33 Blackfriars Rd, Salford M3 7AQ, UK

Similar
  
St Mary the Virgin's Church - E, Clifton Viaduct, Cadishead Viaduct, Victoria Theatre - Salford, Clifton Aqueduct

Profiles

Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club is a sports club based based in Salford just outside Manchester and is the oldest sports facility in Greater Manchester to have retained its use to the present day.

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History

The history of the club however did not begin at these premises but in Manchester at Miller Street in 1876 however due to the expansion of the railways in Manchester it was relocated to its current location. The last major modification came in 1925 when a squash court was added to the facility.

Listed building

On 21 January 1996 English Heritage awarded the building Grade II* status.

References

Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club Wikipedia