Building Name

Coops Building Wigan (extensions)

Date
1888 - 1890
Street
Dorning Street
District/Town
Wigan
County/Country
GMCA, England
Partnership
Client
Timothy Coop and James Marsden
Work
Extension
Status
existent
Listed
Grade II

Established to employ girls redundant as a result of the Cotton Famine of the 1860s, this clothing  factory was designed by R Todd of Southport, for Timothy Coop and James Marsden Large additions were made in 1888, by Isitt and Verity. Following Isitt's death in 1891 further work was undertaken by William Verity shortly before is own death in 1892.