Appleby
Lodge - Wilmslow Road, Manchester, UK
Architect
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Gunton and Gunton with
collaboration from Peter Cummings |
Date Built
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1936 -1939
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Location
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Wilmslow Road
across from Platt Fields Park |
Description
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This
development comprises 100 flats in three blocks
of three-storey flats arranged around a central
entrance road and garden. It has recessed
stair towers and curving cantilevered
balconies. This Grade II Listed building
was home to Sir John Barbirolli from 1943 until
1962.
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The view below was taken in the 1950s.