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Our campus truly is beautiful this time of year.<\/p>\n

Look down and see red and yellow leaves beneath your feet. Look up and see Autumn skies infused with colour.<\/p>\n

But have you ever looked \u2013 properly \u2013 at<\/em> some of our University buildings? Because, sometimes, there’s (much) more there than meets the eye.<\/p>\n

Take, for example, the wonderful terracotta-bricked Sackville Street Building. It’s walls, doors and windows are crammed with meaning. But hurry past on your way to the classroom, lab or office, and you can easily miss it.<\/p>\n

So here we take a closer look at the fascinating, surprising \u2013 and sometimes slightly odd \u2013 symbols of Sackville Street Building…<\/p>\n

\"Manchester
Manchester and Salford sit central among a dazzling collection of local coats of arms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The antelope and the lion<\/h2>\n

Let’s start with one of Manchester’s most famous, and important, motifs: its coat of arms.<\/p>\n

Between floors B, C and D you’ll find incredible stained-glass representations of the instantly-recognisable crest. The central shield hosts three diagonal bands \u2013 a popular myth being they represent the rivers Irwell, Irk and Medlock, the latter of which flows, hidden from view, right by Sackville Street Building (the shield is actually taken from the coat of arms of the Grelley family, the former Lords of the Manor of Manchester) \u2013 and also features a ship in full sail, highlighting Manchester’s renowned trading might (more on which later).<\/p>\n

An antelope and a lion, both bearing the red rose of Lancaster, support the shield, and symbolise peace, harmony, courage and discipline; and bravery and strength, respectively.<\/p>\n

Also featured is perhaps the best-known of Manchester’s symbols. The bee denotes industry and a strong work ethic, presenting the city as a real hive of activity. On the coat of arms you’ll find lots of busy bees circling a globe, again representing the city’s trading power, its scientific achievements, and the exporting of its industry around the world.<\/p>\n

The Latin motto “Concilio Et Labore”, which translates \u2013 loosely \u2013 as “by wisdom and effort” or “by counsel and work”, lies at the bottom. Fitting, we think, for a city of such ingenuity and discovery.<\/p>\n

\"Manchester
Courageous, strong… and long of tongue!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Sackville snake<\/h2>\n

Speaking of crests, when you enter the building’s grand Sackville Street entrance you’ll likely spy a number of banners sporting the University’s own coat of arms.<\/p>\n

This emblem dates back to 2004 and the merger that formed the institution we know today, and adopts aspects from the crests of both the Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology).<\/p>\n

It includes, for instance, UMIST’s crowned lion \u2013 a symbol of strength and courage \u2013 and a sun against a blue background, drawn from the Victoria University of Manchester’s shield and depicting enlightenment. Fittingly, the current arms includes three prominent bees \u2013 underlining the University’s links to the wider city \u2013 and the motto “Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas”, meaning “Knowledge, wisdom, humanity”.<\/p>\n

On either side of the Whitworth Street doorway, meanwhile, you’ll find a curious collection of engravings. One depicts (again) a rising sun, and beneath it \u2013 intriguingly \u2013 a knotted serpent.<\/p>\n

Though the size and grandeur of Sackville Street Building might well evoke the magic and mystery of Hogwarts, we reckon the snake is more a representation of wisdom than anything to do with House Slytherin (unfortunately). Indeed, the sun and snake appear in this formation on the old Victoria University of Manchester crest, and, interestingly, the University’s first-ever Students’ Union magazine, published in 1917, was titled the Serpent!<\/p>\n

\"Serpent
Sackville Street Building – a real-life chamber of secrets?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the other side, three stripes again represent the city’s three rivers, and sit beneath another ship motif. The ship is a popular Manchester symbol, depicting trade and enterprise, and even appears on the crests of the city’s two biggest football clubs: United and City.<\/p>\n

The most striking ship in Sackville Street Building, however, has to be the orange and blue stained glass vessel that sits, in full sail, above the door to the Sackville Street entrance.<\/p>\n

\"Stained
On the high seas; high above the door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gods and monsters<\/h2>\n

Step from that doorway, turn around and look up to see some of the more beguiling Renaissance features of the building \u2013 the protruding faces of gods, wizards, scholars and monsters.<\/p>\n

Now what these faces actually<\/em> represent isn’t totally clear… but we can certainly take an (educated) guess.<\/p>\n

Peering out between the layers of windows, the sculpted heads are exceptionally detailed, exquisitely carved. Are they scholars? Well, that would certainly make sense.<\/p>\n

Perhaps they’re Greek gods? Again, this might be so \u2013 especially because the style is found, in abundance, in perhaps the most extravagant of Sackville’s rooms: the Council Chamber.<\/p>\n

Here you’ll find beautifully decorated ceiling panels, the central one depicting Helios, the sun god, surrounded by the four figures of wisdom, understanding, council and knowledge. Between these are the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the Zodiac signs for each of the 12 months.<\/p>\n

The fruits of the Earth line the outer rim, and in one of the side panels can be found Eos, the personification of dawn, driving her two horses, brightness and lustre. Around the room stand eight caryatids, representing the virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance, patience, vigilance, faithfulness and chastity.<\/p>\n

\"Sackville
The Council Chamber in all its mythological splendour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Terracotta delights<\/h2>\n

Back outside; and beside the mysterious faces you’ll find many more enchanting figures \u2013 signifying, we assume, the fundamental need for learning, education, and self-improvement.<\/p>\n

Among the eye-catching terracotta reliefs are cherubs (depicting the advancement of the young, perhaps?), and all manner of carved vegetation and foliage.<\/p>\n

Look closely and you’ll spot the arresting figure of the mythical griffin, a legendary creature with the head and wings of an eagle, and body of a lion. The beaked beings represent wisdom, strength and cunning.<\/p>\n

\"Carved
Griffins appear to close in on (what could be) the Greek god Hermes…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peer closer still and you’ll notice wizard-like reliefs, mouth aghast, with foliage and scrolls emerging from hair and beard. Is this a representation of the passing of wisdom, of ideas being ‘planted’ into the minds of the young? Or could it be the famous and mysterious Green Man, the Pagan symbol of life, death and rebirth?<\/p>\n

Notice, too, on the black gates and brass Art Nouveau door handles what appear to be, perhaps\u2026 kidneys? The organs are linked to the innermost stirrings of emotion, our secret thoughts and as metaphors for morality and inspiration.<\/p>\n

\"Wizard-like
Off to see the wizard? Or is it the other-worldly Green Man?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Surprise, surprise<\/h2>\n

While not all symbolic meaning is immediately clear, what’s for sure is that Sackville Street Building is packed full of it.<\/p>\n

And we haven’t even touched on the more obvious (but certainly no less interesting) stained glass window celebrations of much-revered names dotted around the grandiose Entrance Hall (see Newton for mathematics, Shakespeare for literature); nor the wonderfully-detailed panels of influential figures and spectacular engineering feats shining from the colourful windows of the Great Hall.<\/p>\n

Nor, of course, could we have possibly covered every<\/em> symbol in and around this great building. Do you know of any more?<\/p>\n

Sackville Street Building. It’s \u2013 quite literally \u2013 full of surprises.<\/p>\n

If you enjoyed this post, be sure to subscribe on our homepage<\/a> to keep up to date with the latest posts from The Hub.<\/p>\n

Words: Joe Shervin<\/em>
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