Brooks Institute, Carrington Lane, Ashton-on-Mersey

Brooks Institute, near the parochial schools, erected in 1888 at the sole expense of Sir W Cuncliife Brooks, bart, is a brick and timber-framed building in the well-known Cheshire style, from designs by Mr Truefitt, architect, of London and consists of two spacious rooms, one for billiards and other games, the other being fitted as a reading room which is well supplied with papers and magazines; there are also rooms and a garden for the caretaker. [Kelly Cheshire Directory 1896]

Hall. 1887 on date-stone. Brick plinth, decorative timber framing, clay tile roof. L shaped 1 storey plan. Gabled wing has 6 light timber mullioned window, tile hung gable and carved finial. The right wing has a doorway with commemorative date-stone above and a hipped roof with central stack. The institute was erected to celebrate Queen Victoria's jubilee