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Wythenshawe Forum. Wythenshawe (/ ˈ w ɪ ð ən ʃ ɔː /) is an area of Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, [1] in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a large housing estate there in the 1920s.
North Lodge, a Grade II-listed gate lodge at the northern entrance to the park was built in the Tudor style in the mid to late 19th century. [5] The Wythenshawe estate remained in the Tatton family possession until 1926, when the Hall and 250 acres of the estate were purchased by Sir Ernest Simon and his wife Shena Simon.
Wythenshawe Hall is a 16th-century timber-framed historic house and former manor house in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Manchester city centre in Wythenshawe Park. Built for Robert Tatton, it was home to the Tatton family for almost 400 years. Its basic plan is a central hall with two projecting wings.
Estate Image Dates Location: Size (units) Notes/Description; 1: Churchill Gardens: 1946–62 built Pimlico area of Westminster. 1,600 Designed by architects Powell and Moya to replace Victorian terraced houses extensively damaged during the Blitz; won RIBA London Architectural Bronze Medal (1950); model for many later projects.
The Corporation of Manchester acquired the Wythenshawe Estate in 1926 and began laying out the garden suburb in 1930. Covering 5,000 acres (2,000 ha), it was eventually to have 25,000 houses and a population of 100,000.
Built on former farming land (as was most of Wythenshawe when the estate was first being built in the 1920s), the area was initially mostly industrial, with Sharston Industrial Estate containing a post office (with an area sorting office), a dairy, a Bisto factory, and various other businesses.
The land was redeveloped with Rackhouse School opening in 1935, St. Michael's Church in 1937, St Aidan's Catholic School in 1938, [1] and houses built in the 1930s and 1940s on the land. Northern Moor has grown further since, expanding to the Sale border. The Kerscott estate was a fruit farm with apple and plum trees.
Built first from turf and timber, the fort was demolished around 140. When it was rebuilt around 160, ... They later formed the Wythenshawe housing estate. This ...