A new neighbourhood in and around a redeveloped 18th-century mill in Stockport will become the 'coolest' and 'possibly the best place to live in Greater Manchester', one of its bosses has said as it reached a new milestone.
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Theatres, churches, and warehouses feature on a new list of 18 heritage gems at risk in Greater Manchester. The old head office of a brewery and a 1930s hotel are also included.
They have been added to SAVE Britain's Heritage's Buildings at Risk register and are in Manchester, Oldham, and Rochdale. The register is a national platform for raising awareness of neglected historic buildings and advocating their reuse as a means to ensure their survival.
Weavers’ workshops and a ‘ragged school’ are amongst the 18 at risk of dereliction or demolition, which SAVE SAYS "would rob their communities of local landmarks that connect them to their past and which hold the key to economic and social revival if restored and reused."
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Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE, said: "The bricks and mortar of these buildings hold precious stories about the people of Manchester and this region’s world-famous industrial and social history.
"Following on from our recent report 'Boom not Bust' (on Manchester) we are adding 18 threatened buildings to our SAVE Britain’s Heritage Buildings at Risk register to bring them to national attention and focus. With imagination, determination and political will, they can be part of Greater Manchester's future, not just its past."
The former Theatre Royal in Peter Street, in Manchester city centre is on the list. SAVE says of it: "On a street full of eye-catching listed buildings, the grade II former Theatre Royal more than holds its own with a grand porticoed front.
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A new neighbourhood in and around a redeveloped 18th-century mill in Stockport will become the 'coolest' and 'possibly the best place to live in Greater Manchester', one of its bosses has said as it reached a new milestone.
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