Mechanics Institution. Hyde Lane Hyde

HYDE - a new building for the Hyde Mechanics Institute is to be erected. The building now used as the Mechanics Institute will be raised to the ground, and on its site will be erected the new structure. Twenty-one tenders were sent in, nine for the whole of the work connected with the new edifice, the remainder being for different portions of it only. There was more than £1,000 difference between the highest and lowest tender, the former being £3,600 and the latter being a little over £2,567. The committee agreed to accept that of Messrs Joseph Robinson and Sons of Hyde, being the lowest tender. The architect is Mr W Walker of Manchester. The amount subscribed towards the new building is about £2,019, leaving a deficiency of upwards of £450. [Builder 25 May 1861 Page 360]

Reference    Manchester Courier 13 April 1861 Page 2 -contracts - Tender return 27 April 1861
Reference    Builder 25 May 1861 Page 360