Ancoats Hospital Convalescent Home, Sandlebridge, near Wilmslow, Cheshire

GENEROUS GIFT. ANCOATS HOSPITAL NEW CONVALESCENT HOME. To-day the old house near the church Wilmslow, which has been so long occupied as the convalescent home for the Hospital, will vacated and possession taken of the new home at Sandlebridge. The new building is the generous gift of one who prefers to remain anonymous, and the committee have tried to make it what the donor could wish, and as far as possible a model of its kind The land was generously presented by the Lewis Trustees free cost. Designed in the first place to hold about 30 patients with matron and staff, it will no doubt comfortably hold a larger number than this in case of need, and consequently during the year a very large number patients will able to benefit. The primary' object of the home serve the needs of the patients of Ancoats Hospital, and the committee have placed it as near the city as pure bracing air could be obtained, to enable them to send out surgical cases as soon they are fit to stand the journey, as it is confidently expected that the purity of the air will facilitate the healing, process after operations, which frequently so slow and troublesome in large cities. For this purpose a nurse will reside in the home. In all probability the committee will able to admit convalescents from outside after satisfying the requirements of the Ancoats Hospital on payment of weekly fee. The buildings have been carried out by the contractors, Messrs L  Brown, and Sons, of Wilmslow, under the supervision of the architects, Messrs Thomas Worthington and Percy S Worthington.  [Manchester Courier 9 July 1904 page 17]

ANCOATS HOSPITAL CONVALESCENT HOME, SANDLEBRIDGE —This building is situated on the road from Soss Moss to Mobberley, turning to the west from Alderley Edge and Astle-road past Warford Hall. The main building faces nearly due south, and has projecting wings at the ends. These are connected to sun-houses by covered ways which form the eastern and western sides of the forecourt, and lead out of the day-rooms for men and women as places for walking and sitting in in wet weather. There are separate entrances to and from the grounds, with day-rooms, dormitories, staircases, and sanitary arrangements, the latter cut off with intercepting lobbies. There are a few small bedrooms for special cases on either side. The dining-hall is in the centre and common to both sides of the house, and the kitchens are to the north of the dining-hall, connected by a covered way to the outdoor buildings. These surround a kitchen court or quadrangle, open on one side, with flagged walks and grass. The buildings have been erected under the supervision of the architects, Messrs Thomas Worthington and Percy S. Worthington, of Manchester. [Builder 23 July 1904 page 100]

Reference    Manchester Courier 9 July 1904 page 17
Reference    Building News 15 July 1904 Page 70 with notes
Reference    Builder 23 July 1904 Page 100
Reference    RIBA Journal 14 August 1939 page 950-952