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George
Leigh Street
If you walk up George
Leigh Street, in Ancoats, beside the Daily Express
Building, you find a series of terraces running parallel
to Oldham Road.
 The Manchester Pevsner
says of them that they were 3-bedroomed dwellings that
"conform to the moral idea for housing" - in that they
were able to provide for the separation of parents and
children of different sexes. They add that these were
never working-class houses.
  One terrace faces on
to George Leigh Street. Two more terraces face
each other across the pedestrian Anita Street
(below). These houses are smaller than the
ones on George Leigh Street.
 A taller terrace faces out onto Oldham Road. It comprises street level shops and flats above.   Built in 1898 – 99
this three storey block was constructed of machine
bricks and terracotta.
 A. Victoria Square Flats B. George Leigh Street School Close Window |