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Malta Street, MANCHESTER, M4 7BH

An attractive looking block of apartments, just off Pollard Street. Photographed from near the corner of Pollard Street and Munday Street.

Hetherington's Private Dining Rooms stands on the corner of Pollard Street and Boond Street and has been empty since at least 1999. This building dates from 1889 and was built as a private dining rooms for John Hetherington & Sons of Vulcan Works, Pollard Street. It was designed by Stott & Sons, the Oldham & Manchester architects who were noted cotton mill architects. The building control plans survive in the care of Manchester City Council. The Private Dining Rooms would not have been a works canteen but would have been for the directors and entertaining of customers. The dining room itself occupied the raised ground floor, above a semi-basement, and had large windows; the diners would have been able to keep an eye on comings and goings at the works! The top storey was a flat for the caretaker, but the plans do not state what the first floor was used for, possibly this was the kitchen with the basement being used for storage. There was a hoist serving all floors. The structure is divided into four bays by steel girders supported by cast-iron columns which have spiral decoration to the capitals. http://www.mrias.co.uk/newsletter/Newsletter108.rtf

Derelict building on the corner of Pollard Street and Boond Street. In the background is the brand new Milliners Wharf Image See how it looked in 2010: Image Hetherington's Private Dining Rooms stands on the corner of Pollard Street and Boond Street and has been empty since at least 1999. This building dates from 1889 and was built as a private dining rooms for John Hetherington & Sons of Vulcan Works, Pollard Street. It was designed by Stott & Sons, the Oldham & Manchester architects who were noted cotton mill architects. The building control plans survive in the care of Manchester City Council. The Private Dining Rooms would not have been a works canteen but would have been for the directors and entertaining of customers. The dining room itself occupied the raised ground floor, above a semi-basement, and had large windows; the diners would have been able to keep an eye on comings and goings at the works! The top storey was a flat for the caretaker, but the plans do not state what the first floor was used for, possibly this was the kitchen with the basement being used for storage. There was a hoist serving all floors. The structure is divided into four bays by steel girders supported by cast-iron columns which have spiral decoration to the capitals. http://www.mrias.co.uk/newsletter/Newsletter108.rtf

Looking over the bike racks (Sheffield stands) at New Islington tram stop towards the builders compound on the site of the now demolished Hetherington's Private Dining Rooms Image

This old building has survived, although surrounded by a sea of demolition and new buildings. Presumably that indicates it is to be preserved. Located opposite Malta Street. To its left is Boond Street (yes it is spelt that way), or what remains of it, which is hardly anything. Update June 2015 - the building has been demolished and the site will form part of more new housing in the area. Image

This old building has, at least so far, been spared the demolition which has been the fate of much of this area. Maybe it is to be preserved, although it can be seen in this photo that the roof is in a very bad way, with many tiles missing. For a detailed explanation of this building please follow this link to the March 2012 photograph by Gerald England:- Image Update June 2015 - the building has been demolished and the site will form part of more new housing in the area. Another photograph from May 2010:- Image

The Ashton Canal [foreground] opened in the 1790s and re-opened in 1974. The New Islington tram station opened in 2013. The derelict Hetheringtons Private Dining Rooms opened in 1889 and closed in 1999. The Vulcan Works were built as a textile machinery foundry about 1856, and converted into flats after 2004.

Hetherington's Private Dining Rooms stands on the corner of Pollard Street and Boond Street and has been empty since at least 1999. This building dates from 1889 and was built as a private dining rooms for John Hetherington & Sons of Vulcan Works, Pollard Street. It was designed by Stott & Sons, the Oldham & Manchester architects who were noted cotton mill architects. The building control plans survive in the care of Manchester City Council. The Private Dining Rooms would not have been a works canteen but would have been for the directors and entertaining of customers. The dining room itself occupied the raised ground floor, above a semi-basement, and had large windows; the diners would have been able to keep an eye on comings and goings at the works! The top storey was a flat for the caretaker, but the plans do not state what the first floor was used for, possibly this was the kitchen with the basement being used for storage. There was a hoist serving all floors. The structure is divided into four bays by steel girders supported by cast-iron columns which have spiral decoration to the capitals. Viewed from New Islington tram stop. Image Image

The state of the roof on Hetherington's Private Dining Rooms Image

Detail of a corner of the decaying building Image