History - Originally built in the 1800's and adapted in 1864 by the architect Alfred Waterhouse, this house was the residence of the Milne family who were the owners of a department store in Manchester named Kendal Milne now the House of Fraser. The house was purchased in 1920 for £5700 by a charity named the Together Trust and at the time of purchase came with a 22 acre estate. The house was adapted to accommodate 40 children and used as a children's home by the charity until 1983, in it's early days a s a children's home many children where brought from the slums of Manchester having never seen the countryside before. It was sold again in 1983 and converted into a care home. The care home closed in 2017 after being placed into special measures by the care quality commission.
Explore - We decided to take a look at this while scoping out explores in Cheadle as we'd seen some interesting features on other reports, access was no problem. The house is in a bad way, the floors are soaked and pretty dangerous in places. It did have some nice original features but other than that is pretty empty apart from some personal possessions in the basement, more than likely belonging to the residents of the care home. The main stairs and the chandelier are by far the best bit.
Thanks for looking.
Explore - We decided to take a look at this while scoping out explores in Cheadle as we'd seen some interesting features on other reports, access was no problem. The house is in a bad way, the floors are soaked and pretty dangerous in places. It did have some nice original features but other than that is pretty empty apart from some personal possessions in the basement, more than likely belonging to the residents of the care home. The main stairs and the chandelier are by far the best bit.





















Thanks for looking.