Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Plymouth Grove, Gaskell's Home, Granted £2.5 Million Upgrade


24dash.com reports that Plymouth Grove, the Manchester home of Elizabeth Gaskell, received a grant from the Manchester City Council for £2.5 Million for the following:
repairing dry rot, a new roof, new drains and lime plaster on the exterior walls. The original features will also be restored as well as the house being given disabled access, and a lift to all the floors...Once the work is completed, the house will be used for a wide range of community events, exhibitions and meetings.


The house is described as a "Regency style Villa...built in the 1830s.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for stopping by, Oscar. I love the ancient world(s) too. If I got to start over, I think I would study archeology as well as English lit. Maybe in my next life :)

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  2. Hi Jane,

    just to let you know of a couple of Gaskell websites that might be of interest.One is http://www.elizabethgaskellhouse.org - which is the (albeit unfinished) website of Elizabeth Gaskell House (84 Plymouth Grove), and the other http://www.brookstreetchapel.org - that is the final resting place of elizabeth, her husband and other family members.

    Thanks, Mark

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  3. Thanks, Mark, for both urls. I've bookmarked them and plan to spend some time exploring them. I think the Brook Street Chapel one is especially promising because I am still very much in the learning stage about Unitarianism.

    Thanks!

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