Interior view showing the entrance hall of The Towers

Date:
Dec 1880
Location:
The Towers, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, Manchester
Reference:
BL02638
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)
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Description

Although the daybook states that the image is of Didsbury Hall, it actually shows the entrance hall of The Towers, Didsbury. The Towers was built in 1868-1872 by the architect Thomas Worthington, for J E Taylor. It was sold in 1872 to David Adamson, one of the founders of the Manchester Ship Canal, for whom the photograph was taken

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Worthington, Thomas

Owner: Adamson, David

Keywords

Victorian House