Conservative Club Premises. Heaton Park, Prestwich
CONSERVATIVE CLUB, HEATON PARK NEAR MANCHESTER - On the 11th inst the first sod was cut on the site of the new club-house which is to be erected in the Heaton Park district of Prestwich. The building, which is from the plans of Mr Lodge, architect, will cost about £1,000. [Builder. 20 March 1897 page 279]
NEW CONSERVATIVE CLUB FOB HEATON PARK: CUTTING THE FIRST SOD The Conservatives and Liberal Unionists of the Heaton Park district of Prestwich Parliamentary Division have long felt the want of a club in their midst, and for several months a scheme has been on foot by which a building worthy of the cause might be raised. A company was formed with Mr F J Astbury as chairman and all arrangements have now been made and plans adopted for the erection of a club house in the vicinity of Whittaker-lane Schools. On Thursday morning the first sod was cut of the new site on which it is intended at once to erect a building somewhat on the lines of Swinton Conservative Club, to cost fully £1000. There will a bowling green attached and every modern convenience. Mr Percy Lodge is the architect and Messrs Leach and Sons Prestwich the contractors. [Middleton Guardian - Saturday 13 March 1897 page 5]
Reference Builder 20 March 1897 page 279
Reference Middleton Guardian - Saturday 13 March 1897 page 5]
Reference Manchester Guardian Saturday 1 May 1897 Page (Contracts)
Reference British Architect 7 May 1897 Page ?