411-429 Bury New Road, Broughton Market Place, Higher Broughton

In the last decades of the nineteenth century the length of Bury New Road between Northumberland Street and Knoll Street developed as a suburban shopping centre, known locally as (Broughton) Market Place until the demolition of the shops on east side in the 1960, when it was renamed Newbury Place.  On the east side a number existing houses were converted into shops by 1879, their front gardens becoming an extensive forecourt. From the outset 188 Bury New Road was occupied by Thomas Deanaly, butcher, the family remaining in the same premises until the 1950s

On the west side of Bury New Road In 1877 unsuccessful attempts had been made to convert Broughton Villa, situated on Bury New Road to the north of the Carriage Company offices, into a hotel. Objections from the Bishop of Manchester, among others, were sufficient to see the proposal for licensed premises abandoned. The directories recorded nothing on this site until 1886. About 1885 construction appears to have begun on a terrace of 10 purpose-built shops and the directory of 1886 records five of these shops being occupied. By 1889 the entire block was complete, including a branch bank of Williams Deacons Bank Limited at 165 Bury New Road (renumbered 411).

Set well back from the road, the three-storey block was constructed of the then fashionable cream brick with slate roofs. The upper floors of the building remain little altered. Over the years, the shop units have been considerably modified although traces of the original design remain at No 417

FIRST-CLASS HOTEL - Eligible premises for Removal of License. -The proposed Cliff Hotel, adjoining the Manchester Carriage Company's station, Bury New Road; with or without Land for Bowling Green and Ten Shops: no hotel or beer-house for 12/3 mile on the main road. - address V 37, at the printers.  [Manchester Guardian 10 November 1877 page 10]

Reference        Manchester Guardian 24 August 1877 page 6 – brewster session refusal
Reference        Manchester Guardian 10 November 1877 page 10 - Proposed Cliff Hotel and ten shops.