Ashton House is a student residence building for the Manchester Metropolitan University.  It offers en-suite accommodation to 54 students.  It was built by Manchester Corporation between 1908 and 1910 as a model lodging house for women.  The architect was Henry Price who was also responsible for other city projects such as the Victoria Baths and the Hydraulic Pump House in Spinningfields that became the People's History Museum.  At that time it offered shelter to 222 women who slept in dormatories with individual cubicles.  The women cooked for themselves in communal kitchens.  It is built in an Arts and Crafts style in red brick and terracotta and has its name on its castilated gable end.