A Walk In Didsbury Village (9) Moorland Road and House

Image: © Tom Jolliffe Taken: 20 Jul 2023

Across the road, a small sign under Moorland Road reads "PRIVATE ROAD ACCESS ONLY". Such roads are remnants of the past which have somehow escaped into the present. There is a sign which indicates 15 mph limit, but for where? Not Wilmslow Road. Yet 20 is painted on Moorland Road's surface. The rowan tree on the corner has berries and has been protected with wire, but from what? Surely there are no wild deer? In the garden there look to be large bay trees, but I may be wrong. Certainly there are rhododendrons and privets (one golden), those old favourites in Manchester suburbs. What an impressive Edwardian house it is, too, on the corner, with fine brick chimneys as vertical as the day they were constructed. An extension has impressive brick built pillars topped with sandstone caps. The low boundary wall may have been rebuilt later as it appears to have more modern concrete capping, though there are decorative sandstone inserts which are normally used to promote drainage or ventilation. These may be original. Perhaps the original builders had some spares. Not sure what the small metal box FP46 is for? Some sort of service box, maybe. Pushbike riders are guided with a sign and have a separate lane.

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