Gardens at Prospect Drive
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Image: © Anthony O'Neil Taken: Unknown
These 1950s houses are built over the parterres of the former 19th century Prospect House which was the country home of Samuel Brookes, calico printer, banker and philanthropist: a man reputed to have been one of the wealthiest in Manchester, whose son became MP for Altrincham.