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PRN | 11467 | ||||
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Site or location name | Mechanics Institute | ||||
Summary | |||||
Description | Similar in style to Mechanics institute Manchester designed by J.E.Gregan1854-54. Two floors to east and three floors to west, brick built with stone dressing, three arcade windows. Previously East end would have bee identical but significant alteration of roof and upper parts of windows to a rectangular form than a arched pediment Access via Church street. West half is gable and hipped roof whilst to east a flat roof which may have been raised. | ||||
Monument Type | HOSPITAL;HOSPITAL | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | BRICK, SANDSTONE | ||||
Location |
Country | ENGLAND | ||||
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County | Ashton under lyne | ||||
Site Location | Mechanics Institute | ||||
Postcode | OL6 6XE | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: SJ93939891 (393930, 398910) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Good (29-07-2018) | ||||
Source | |||||
(1915) [article]. The Reporter | |||||
British Red Cross (nd) List of Auxiliary Hospitals in the UK during the First World War.. British Red Cross. London. https://vad.redcross.org.uk/en/~/media/BritishRedCross/Documents/Who%20we%20are/History%20and%20archives/List%20of%20auxiliary%20hospitals%20in%20the%20UK%20during%20the%20First%20World%20War.pdf | |||||
(nd) St John Ambulance Briagde, Ashton-under-Lyne. Mechanics' Institute. Auxillary Military Hospital No 1 Ward. Inver Museum. | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | Kevin Wright - Tameside Archaeological Society Ltd (15-01-2017) | ||||
Copiled On | 29-07-2018 | ||||
Last Updated | 03-08-2018 |
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Hospital site at Ashton-under-Lyne Mechanics Institutution (Church Street, Ashton-under-Lyne). Main entrance. (File name: 11467_1269.jpg) |
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Hospital site at Ashton-under-Lyne Mechanics Institutution (Church Street, Ashton-under-Lyne). North west facing view. (File name: 11467_1268.jpg) |
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St John Ambulance Briagde, Auxillary Military Hospital No 1 Ward at Ashton-under-Lyne Mechanics Institutution (Church Street, Ashton-under-Lyne). (File name: 11467_2999.jpg) |
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