Two historic Greater Manchester building's have been highlighted among nine in the region which have been added to Historic England's National Heritage List for England during 2022. An Art's and Craft's doctor's house in Ancoats as well as an Edwardian Bank in Heywood are two of 240 sites to have been added to the National Heritage List across the country this year.
The former doctor's surgery on Great Ancoats Street, on the edge of the city centre, is now Grade II listed and is thought to have been built in the early 19th century before being converted into a doctor's house and surgery in 1887. The red brick building, which photos show has been covered in graffiti, is now surrounded by the many new developments of Ancoats but was first built to serve the health needs of the working-class community of the time, in the world's first industrial suburb.
Historic England says that Ancoats started to become overcrowded as industry boomed around the Rochdale Canal with community welfare provision becoming a priority towards the end of the 19th century. Records suggest that a Dr Thomas Price converted the site into his house and surgery in an 'Arts and Crafts' style.
