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Rochdale News | News Headlines | Largest grant yet awarded to Hopwood Hall Estate rescue gives project major boost – Rochdale Online
The little riverside ice cream shop hiding in an old mill in Middleton – Manchester Evening News
Saint Martin’s Church, Marple HERITAGE OPEN DAYS
With both Middleton Parish Church and Long Street Methodist Church not being open these coming Heritage Open Days, why not visit St Martin’s Church, Low Marple, Cheshire instead? This is an Arts and Crafts Church loved and even painted by Middleton’s Edgar Wood. Opens Friday 18 September 2020, 14.00-18.00 and Saturday 19 September 2020, 10.00-15.00…
40 conservation experts visit Middleton’s Golden Cluster
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) held its North West Annual General Meeting at Middleton on Thursday 15th November to acknowledge the achievements of the Edgar Wood & Middleton Heritage Project, now in its 10th year. The event was held in the new Edgar Wood Community Centre, i.e. the newly restored Long Street School…
Elm Wood School visits St. Leonard’s Church
Teachers and children of Elm Wood School had a lovely time on Thursday visiting Middleton’s ancient parish church, looking at the medieval carvings and doing their own brass rubbing. It was such a warm and sunny day and it was great to see children, who attend one of Middleton’s architectural masterpieces, enthusiastically enjoying another. A…
The restoration of Long Street Methodist School is finally complete
It’s taken years of planning, activities and fund raising by the volunteers of Greater Manchester Preservation Trust, the Arts & Crafts Trust and the Edgar Wood Society, and at last the old school is repaired and restored for a new life as a community heritage centre. The progress of the restoration over this year and…
St. Leonard’s Church
St. Leonard’s or Middleton Parish Church on its hill above the town is by far the oldest building in the area and the oldest in Greater Manchester. It is also the last great unrestored medieval church in the wider Manchester area, having been carefully and sensitively preserved since the 1600s. St. Leonard’s Church is listed…
Caring for Middleton’s Heritage – Sign up for free events in June
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Edgar Wood
Designing at the cusp of European Art Nouveau, Edgar Wood’s architecture constantly anticipated future trends. He led the northern Arts & Crafts movement through vernacular, art nouveau and finally art deco phases – an evolution traced in his Middleton buildings. In doing so, he became England’s uncontested pioneer of modern design. As an architect, Wood…
Lydia Becker
Lydia Ernestine Becker (24 February 1827 – 18 July 1890) was a scientist and early leader of the British suffrage movement. She is best remembered for founding and publishing the Women’s Suffrage Journal between 1870 and 1890. Lydia’s grandfather, Ernest Becker, had come to Manchester from Germany in the late 1790s and made his money…
Massive turnout for Edgar Wood Film, “A Painted Veil”
It was great to see so many people from Middleton and Manchester come to see “A Painted Veil” on Thursday 15th March, the last of the three national première’s, the others being in London and Huddersfield. The film was warmly received and afterwards, film maker, Anthony Dolan, answered questions from the audience. A new aspect…
Edgar Wood film success in London and Huddersfield
Anthony Dolan’s film, Edgar Wood, a Painted Veil, had a good reception at the Art Worker’s Guild, London last week, despite the appalling weather. It was shown again tonight at Lindley Methodist Church, Huddersfield. After the film, there was a lively question and answer session. The photo shows Anthony welcoming everyone at Lindley. Don’t miss…
St. Leonard’s Church, Middleton – book offer
St. Leonard’s Parish Church is one of the finest medieval churches in the country. It is highlighted with eight others from the Middle Ages in English Parish Churches and Chapels – Architecture, Art and People written by Matthew Byrne and published by Bloomsbury. You can now buy the hardback at just £12, a discount of…
Hopwood DePree and Hopwood Hall
Hollywood actor Hopwood DePree, ably supported by Geoff Wellens, met a crowded audience in the Sessions Room at the Old Boar’s Head on Thursday. Geoff outlined the history of the hall while Hopwood, who is descended from the old Middleton family, inspired everyone with his vision for the medieval building which is in a ruinous…
Edgar Wood – A Painted Veil – Watch the Trailer
Here is the trailer for the new Edgar Wood film. Don’t miss one of the Thursday 7pm screenings in London, Huddersfield and Manchester in March 2018. LONDON – Thursday 1st March – The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London. WC1N 3AT HUDDERSFIELD – Thursday 8th March – Lindley Methodist Church, East Street, Lindley Huddersfield,…
Restoration of Long Street Methodist begins…
At long last, the restoration of Long Street Methodist Church has begun. Click Here to check out the report on the Arts & Crafts Church website…
East Lancashire Railway hosts Edgar Wood
Filming continues apace on the documentary film ‘Edgar Wood – A Painted Veil’… In 1922, Middleton artist and architect, Edgar Wood left England, leaving his wife Anne behind, to live in Imperia, North West Italy. East Lancs Railway’s Summerseat train station stood in for Hale Station, Cheshire. Anne Wood was played by actress Sarah Crowther…
The recently restored Jubilee Park Staircase was officially opened today by the Mayor of Rochdale Borough, click here for more.
