Great Ancoats Street

Brownsfield Mill, seen from Great Ancoats Street

The Ibis hotel

Great Ancoats Street is a street in the Ancoats inner suburb of Manchester, England. Much of Great Ancoats Street was originally named Ancoats Lane and was the location of Ancoats Hall.^[1] The street passed through a thriving manufacturing area during the 19th century. It was in close proximity to the Ashton and Rochdale canals. A number of cotton mills built in the early and mid-Victorian period are nearby, some of which have been converted into residential or office buildings, such as Albion Mills.^[2] The Pin Mill Works at the junction with Fairfield Street was a late 18th-century pin works, that became a cotton mill run by J & J Thompson and works for dyeing and calico-printing.^[3] Brownsfield Mill, a Grade II* listed building, was built in 1825.

In 1939 the Grade II* listed Daily Express Building designed by engineer, Sir Owen Williams was built on the street.^[4] In the 1980s, a significant area by Great Ancoats Street was redeveloped as Central Retail Park, which has been described as a "row of big-box stores fronted by sterile parking space".^[2] It contains branches of Toys "R" Us, Mothercare and others. An Ibis hotel is at the corner of Pollard Street, south of the Ashton Canal and there are other hotels including a Travelodge and The City Warehouse Aparthotel near the junction with Oldham Road and where Great Ancoats Street becomes Swan Street. The street has been reported as being gentrified.^[5]

References

Citations

1. Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1911), "Townships: Manchester (part 2 of 2)", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (British History Online), pp. 230–251, retrieved 3 October 2014
2. Knox 2012, p. 5
3. Ashmore 1982, p. 110
4. Hartwell 2002, p. 285
5. Vaglio, Luca (8 September 2014). "Manchester e Liverpool. Diario di una rinascita". La Repubblica (Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso). Retrieved 3 October 2014.

Bibliography

• Ashmore, Owen (1982), The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England, Manchester University Press, ISBN 978-0-7190-0820-7
• Hartwell, Clare (2002), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-09666-8
• Knox, Paul (2012), Palimpsests: Biographies of 50 City Districts. International Case Studies of Urban Change, Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-0346-1212-8

Coordinates: 53°28′51″N 2°13′30″W / 53.48083°N 2.22500°W