Institution for the Blind the Deaf and the Dumb: Stockport

STOCKPORT. - The foundation stone of a new Institution for the Blind, the Deaf, and the Dumb, has been laid. It is to cost over £3,000. It will be in the Italian style, will consist of three floors, and will have a stone frontage. Accommodation will be provided for from 60 to 100 non-resident patients. The architect is Mr T H Allen, of Stockport; the contractor, Mr Adam Goddard, builder, Stockport; sub-contractors for the stonework are Messrs Hulme Brothers, Stockport; and for the brickwork, Mr H Barlow, Stockport. [Building News 4 October 1872 page 269]

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND AND THE DEAF AND DUMB AT STOCKPORT - Since 1867 about thirty of the blind and the deaf and dumb of Stockport have ad suitable work provided for them in two cottages at Wellington Road South. This accommodation having latterly been found insufficient for the purpose, a convenient site was secured in St Peter=s Gate, Stockport for a new institution, the foundation stone of which was laid on Saturday afternoon. .... The architect of the new institution is Mr T H Allen, Stockport. The building is to be erected in the Italian style, and will consist of three floors, with a basement storey. The front of the first floor will be built of stone, and the front of the upper storeys will be faced with stone, the right hand side of the building forming a turret. The erection will cost £2,000, but some further expense will have to be incurred in furnishing and fitting the building for occupancy. [Manchester Guardian 16 September 1872 page 3]

Reference    Manchester Guardian 16 September 1872 page 3
Reference    Building News 4 October 1872 page 269