Thompson House sits on Pollard Street adjacent to the Hope Mill in Ancoats.  When I took this image in February of 2011, this commercial building has Kimgary Fabrics as its occupant.  A date stone above a front door suggests that the building dates from 1863. 

A clue to its history comes from consulting old maps.  Below you can see my version of a map dated 1886, some 23 years after today's building was erected.  In 1886 H. Goldsmith & Co had a furniture factory that backed onto the Ashton Canal.  That building has gone but a car park with an identical shape sits behind Thompson House.  The map, as you can see, shows that Thomson House was home to Engineers, Offices and a Stationary Warehouse.  It isn't clear if this building was part of Goldsmith's Furniture Factory or just its neighbour. 

Goldsmith's furniture factory is gone although there is a car park behind Thompson House that has the same shape as the former factory.