The Stopford Building is the second largest building at The University of Manchester, after the Sackville Street Building

Sackville Street (Manchester)

Sackville Street is a street in Manchester city centre, England.-The street:Sackville Street is a street in Manchester city centre. It runs in a northwest-southeast direction and is split into two sections by Whitworth Street, which runs in a northeast-southwest direction. At the northern end of...

. It houses the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences

Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences (University of Manchester)

The Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences is one of the four faculties that comprise the University of Manchester. The faculty spans a range of discipline areas including School of Medicine; School of Dentistry; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work; School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical...

 (FMHS), and the Faculty of Life Sciences

Faculty of Life Sciences (University of Manchester)

The Faculty of Life Sciences is one of the four faculties that comprise the University of Manchester. It was established in 2004 from the merger of its constituent departments: Biological Science in the Victoria University of Manchester and Biomolecular Sciences, Department of Optometry &...

 (FLS). It was built in 1969-72 (architects H. S. Fairhurst & Son). It is now linked on the east side to the Biotech Building of 1999.

The new Medical School (1972) was given the name of the Stopford Building in memory of Lord Stopford

John Stopford, Baron Stopford of Fallowfield

John Sebastian Bach Stopford, Baron Stopford of Fallowfield KBE FRCS FRCP FRS was a British peer, a physician and anatomist, and a Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester. Lord Stopford was described as "one of the greatest anatomists of this century".-Early life and education:Stopford was...

, a former Vice-Chancellor and notable anatomist. It has six lecture theatres and is currently under some refurbishment. Also within the building is the Stopford Library (a branch of the university library

John Rylands University Library

The John Rylands University Library is the University of Manchester's library and information service. It was formed in July 1972 from the merger of the library of the Victoria University of Manchester with the John Rylands Library...

) which caters for the medical scientists and students. (The library was formerly known as the Medical Faculty Library and was an original feature of the building.)

The Stopford Building is located on Oxford Road, Manchester, on the corner of Ackers Street immediately to the south of the Church of the Holy Name

Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester

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 and opposite to the Manchester Academy

Manchester Academy

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 which is next to the University of Manchester Students' Union

University of Manchester Students' Union

The University of Manchester Students' Union is the representative body of students at the University of Manchester, England, and is the UK's largest students' union...

(UMSU).