Now, numbers 180 and 182 Oldham Road may not have achieved a prize for the most remarkable building on Oldham Road, but they were representative of a type of commercial building which date from last quarter of the 19th century.
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| 1960 |
According to one source the properties were built sometime around 1870,* and by 1911 were home to Refuge Assurance Building.
By 1960 the building was still offering mixed usage with part of the ground floor given over to retail and the rest as offices.
I can’t be sure of its history for the rest of the last century, but in 2017 it was home to a solicitor, before plans were submitted to redevelop the site.
These faltered and a revised scheme was submitted which retained the frontage of the old building while creating a new build behind.
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| 2021 |
And it was this finished property which Andy recently photographed.
Location, New Cross
Pictures; 162-66 Oldham Road, 2021, from the collection of Andy Robertson, Oldham Road, 1960, m36525, courtesy of Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council, http://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php?session=pass
*Heritage Statement 162-166, Oldham Road, Paul Butler Associates, July 2017, https://pa.manchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=OT8EP3BCMXQ00&activeTab=summary
** 117014/FO/2017 | Retention of the facade of existing building together with single storey roof top extension and erection of four storey extension to form 28 residential apartments and creation of ground floor commercial together with associated car parking and other works | Mount Pleasant House 162-164 Oldham Road Manchester M4 6BG, Manchester City Council Planning Portal, https://pa.manchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=OT8EP3BCMXQ00&activeTab=summary
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