Across the way on the corner with Anson Road is the house that has its entrance on Anson Road and is number 2.  The 1889 map appears to identify it as Clarence Lodge although it isn't clear if it refers to that house or the empty lot next door. 

Just around the corner, hiding in the trees, is a circular brick building.  The is the Hulme Hall Chapel designed by Cruickshank and Seward and built between 1966 and 1968.  Pevsner describes it as, "... Dark brown brick and white window strips, a whorled ovoid in plan with a low entrance block on the left, behind which a taller curving corridor wraps around the rear and leads into the chapel."

Further along on the left is Ward Hall occupied by Xaverian College.  On the map the building on that site was called Stoneywood.



St Chrisostoms Church website has an interesting story about a former resident of Ward Hall.  "One hundred years ago on 15th April 1912 RMS Titanic, sank on its maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg. The majority of her 2,237 passengers perished in the disaster.  One survivor was Adolphe Saalfeld, a Manchester merchant and perfumier, who lived with his wife, Gertrude, in our parish in what is now Ward Hall, Lower Park Road, Victoria Park, within the Xaverian College. Saalfeld was of a German Jewish family and migrated to England in the 1880s."  You can read much more about the story by following THIS LINK.

Beside Ward Hall on land that was once home to Redcliffe, stands this modern building that is also part of Xaverian College.

Across the street is yet another part of the college in a building they call Marylands.  This was originally Regent House built circa 1870.  Pevsner describes it as, "... Gothic, grey and yellow brick with stone dressings.  Tricky details with much variety in the texture and wall surfaces.  Splendid entrance hall with a Gothic arcade and a gorgeous inglenook with Arts and Crafts detail, including stained glass, brass repoussé work, mosaic and carved wood panels and settles, part of a later refurbishment."

The Manchester Compendium by Ed Glinert says that Regent House was built for Henry Roscoe, the pioneering chemist who, "... worked at Owen's College and built the first modern-style chemistry laboratory in Britain.  In 1858 Roscoe created the world's first flash photo.  The house contains some features introduced by Roscoe, such as a set of antique Germanic door handles donated by Robert Bunsen, after whom the Bunsen burner was named."  Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe FRS was born in London in 1833.  He was educated at the Liverpool Institute for Boys and then University College London.  After leaving University College he went to Heidelberg to work under Robert Bunsen. In 1857, he was appointed to the chair of chemistry at Owens College replacing Frankland.  He held that post for 30 years.  As the plaque below (on the original Owens College building on Quay Street) says, during his time at Owens College he played an active role in the transfer of the college to its Oxford Road location where it became the Victoria University. In 1885 he became the MP for Manchester South a position he held for 10 years.

Turning onto Upper Park Road the first thing to catch your eye is the Manchester Central Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre.  Work began on building the mosque in 1971 on the site of two former houses.  Over the years the building has gone through a number of expansions and modifications.








The building on your left as you turn the corner into Upper Park Road from the south, is called Langdale House.  It was built in 1846 to a design by Henry Bowman.  Pevsner says of it, "... Symetrical front with steep gabled bays, ashlar but with small masonry blocks.  The detail is Tudor." 



Between 1846 and 1874 this was home to Edward Riley Langworthy, MP for Salford and between 1848 and 1850 Mayor of Salford.  The "Life Times Link" Issue no26, November 2009 has an interesting article about Langworthy by Hester Hughes.  It gives an insight into the man's life.  "Originally from London, he was born in 1797. When Edward was barely old enough he took a position working for C. Taylor and Sons & Co. Edward remained at this company for many years and was their representative in South America and Mexico for 12 years.  The trade experience in foreign lands was to prove very influential, not only in meeting all kinds of people from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities but also in his financial success. This would later benefit Salford in the many bequests he made to organisations within the city.


In 1837, at the age of 40, Edward set up business as a foreign merchant in London and three years later, in the year Queen Victoria married Albert, he moved to Salford. Edward joined his brother, George, in the cotton industry, in their new firm Langworthy Brothers & Co based at Greengate, Salford. On moving to Salford, Langworthy was incredibly busy. His business flourished with a warehouse full of stock constantly on the move. He was chosen as the first Alderman for Trinity Ward in 1844, became a member of three council committees, and in 1848 was elected the fifth mayor of Salford. Despite all of this, he managed to contribute considerably to the establishment of the country’s first free municipal public museum and library. And, in 1850, Salford Museum and Library was finally opened to people from all walks of life."

Further along Upper Park Road, on the same side is Ellersle Court, now apparently subdivided into apartments.






Crossing back to the east side of the road you find High Elms home to Startmc is an arts-based mental health service for adults, part of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust's Recovery Pathways care group.



Between 1867 and 1895 it was home to Robert Duckinfield Darbishire a man who was associated with the foundation of Owens College, Manchester High School for Girls and Whitworth Art Gallery.

Across the road is Lane Court attributed to the founder of the Park Richard Lane, the architect of the Friend's Meeting House in Manchester's city centre as well as Salford and Chorlton town halls.  The style is Greek with an Iconic Portico. 

Apparently it was originally the home of George Hadfield, described as an English lawyer, author and radical politician who represented Sheffield for 22 years and the co-founder of the Anti-Corn Law League.  He died at Lane Court in 1879 at the age of 92.