In 2015, the Manchester Incorporated Law Library Society sold the premises, and moved to new offices on Booth Street.

Designed by Thomas Hartas,[1] the library was built by William Holt between 1884 and 1885 to provide a meeting place, and reading room, for the Manchester Law Society.

[2] The building has a fine Venetian Gothic façade, "three bays, each divided into three again with richly traceried and strongly moulded frames to the openings".

[1] Internally, a lending library is located on the ground floor, "now with twentieth century furnishings.

"[3] These include the central oak table, three fireplaces, and tall bookcases, some set at right angles to the walls to maximise the available storage space.