Convalescent Home, St Anne’s-on-the-Sea

A considerable number of ladies and gentlemen who are interested in the Manchester Children's Hospital assembled at St Anne’s-on-the-Sea on Saturday afternoon to take part in a specially interesting ceremony - the formal opening and presentation of a new convalescent home by the president of the hospital, Sir William Agnew, Bart. ...... The new home, which has been constructed from plans prepared by Mr Alfred Steinthal, architect, of this city, is situated about a mile from St Anne's Railway Station on the high road to Blackpool. It is amply provided with grounds for further extensions, and possesses an uninterrupted view of the sea, although standing some sixty or eighty yards from the coastline. The home has accommodation for 25 patients as well as for matron, two nurses and two domestic servants. The comfort and convenience of the inmates seem to have been provided for in every way, so that hardly anyone would question its claim to be called a model convalescent home. [Manchester Guardian 15 November 1897 page 5]

OPENING OF CONVALESCENT HOME, ST. ANNES-ON-THE-SEA. GIFT BY SIR WILLIAM AGNEW. A couple of saloons attached to the 1.20 train from Manchester on Saturday afternoon conveyed a large party of friends of the Manchester Children's Hospital to St Annes in order to be present at the opening and transfer of the new Convalescent Home built there by Sir William Agnew, president of the hospital. The new home stands in the centre of three acres of land, on the next plot to the Abraham Ormrod Home and an uninterrupted access to and view of the sea has been secured. It is about a mile from St. Annes, on the Blackpool side, and is quiet amidst the sandhills. The building is of red and white brick alternated and is designed to look like a cottage hospital looking not unlike a substantial villa. The interior is very attractive; every detail is neatly and adequately finished and the best of fittings and finishings are used. There is accommodation for 24 children in all - an equal number of boys and girls and the home will be directed by a matron - Miss Stevens  - and two nurses. The building is a credit to the architect, Mr Alfred Steinthal. The furnishing is by Messrs Goodall and Company Limited, of Manchester. [Manchester Courier 15 November 1897 page 6]

A new convalescent home has just been erected at St Anne's-on-the-Sea. The home, which has been constructed from plans prepared by Mr Alfred Steinthal, architect, of Manchester, is situated about a mile from St Anne’s Railway Station. The home has accommodation for 25 patients as well as for a matron, two nurses and two domestic servants. [Builder 27 November1897 page 451]

Reference    Manchester Guardian 15 November 1897 page 5
Reference    Manchester Courier 15 November 1897 page 6
Reference    Builder 27 November1897 page 451