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Plans to relocate, 1910
In around 1910, plans began to be made for the Industrial School to move to new premises outside the city. The following year, a 31-acre site was purchased at Cheadle Hulme and it was reported that building operations were hoped to begin in the early spring of 1912. The proposed cost of the new building, the declining numbers being committed to Industrial Schools, and the advent of the First World War all conspired against the scheme and it was eventually abandoned.
Plan of the Industrial School, 1911
Taken from a map produced in 1911, this plan of the Manchester Industrial School reveals interesting features about the building that would become St Gregory’s twelve years later. It is reasonable to assume that not too much would have changed over that period. Note the relatively small and compact rectangular shape of the school.
This plan is virtually the same as those that appeared on Ordnance Survey maps in the early 1890s. The plan, in all probability, changed little in the period from about 1884 until after the Second World War.
For the sake of convenience and reference purposes, the wings of the building may be referred to as south, west, north and east.
Note the position of the chimney, which is featured in a number of photographs. Its position may serve as a reference point and enable the reader to determine his bearings.
Ordnance Survey map of Ardwick Green showing the location of the Industrial School, 1915
Street plan, 1915
This shows a close-up of the site of the Industrial School and gives the names of neighbouring streets and features. Leonard Terrace provided access to the schoolyard via an archway under the north wing of the school. Note the position and proximity of the Auxiliary Home: it is set back from Ardwick Green North, behind the letters ‘O’ and ‘R’ in the word ‘NORTH’.
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