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Hope Road, Anson Road, MANCHESTER, M14 5EX

Edgar Wood's church for the Christian Scientists, built in 1903-04, was "one of the most original buildings of that time in England or indeed anywhere". In plan it is Y-shaped or a butterfly plan. Grade I listed. After closing as a church in 1971 it housed the Edgar Wood Centre. That closed in 2003 and it has now resumed operation as a different flavour of church.

A Tudor-Gothic terrace of twelve houses, arranged in six pairs, built c1850. Grade II listed.

Built as a private house, Milverton Lodge, in the mid/late C19th with copious Gothic tracery. Grade II listed. At the time it was the Rampant Lion Hotel, which has since shut.

The Rampant Lion restaurant and bar on Anson Road.

When built, this was considered a rather superior area in which to live. The Victoria Baths on the right added a touch of splendour. After many years of steady decline, the area is being rejuvenated and the Baths are the subject of a multi-million pound renovation.

One of two mosaics erected on the outside of St Chrysostom's Church Image in 2012. They were designed by the Year 6 children from the primary school. This one shows different children holding a prayer ribbon, as used on the church outside prayer tree. The children are united, it tells us, in aspiration, hope and prayer. Above the children is a rainbow, a sign of variety and inclusion. Different colours make up one rainbow. The dove above the children is the dove which signified the end of the flood and God's peace, from the story of Noah. This dove is a logo of church and of St Chrysostom's School. Above the rainbow are more doves, copies of those found on a stained glass window in the Anson Chapel in church. The crown in the mosaic is a reminder of the Queen's Jubilee year, and the words are words of qualities that unite us, chosen by the children: love, laughter, growing together. https://stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/our-new-mosaics/

The A34 towards Manchester. At the crossroads Anson Road changes into Upper Brook Street. Left is Oxford Place, right is Daisybank Road.

One of two mosaics erected on the outside of St Chrysostom's Church Image in 2012. They were designed by the Year 6 children from the primary school. This one is inspired by the tree logo so dear to St John's school. The tree is used here to symbolise harmony and unity and growth. On the tree are symbols of world faiths, expressing a hope to live in harmony. There are also the Olympic rings, in the year of the London Olympics. They too symbolise a hope for peace. A candle is also on the tree, together with prayer ribbons. The children love lighting candles or tying ribbons to the tree when they come to church, as a sign of hope and prayer. The words, chosen by the children, express key words for living together: trust, friendship, happiness, belief. https://stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/our-new-mosaics/

Dalton Ellis Hall at the University of Manchester.