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Isaac Way, MANCHESTER, M4 7EP

Land at New Islington in Manchester.

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

From Milliners Wharf looking past the New Islington tram stop towards the Vulcan Works on Pollard Street. The works were built by John Hetherington & Sons in 1856 and used by them until 1939. In 2004 the mill was converted into apartments.

The nearer was built for the Co-operative Society, c1900, long and low. Now offices. The further, with its chimney, was the Vulcan Works, an ironworks of c1888-89. Now flats. Grade II listed. In the foreground are tram extension works. The wall is part of a bridge going under Great Ancoats Street. I think this is the East Manchester line which will run from Piccadilly to Droylsden (by 2012) and Ashton-under-Lyne (by 2013-14).

In the distance a mill or two, and a mill chimney still standing. On the right what appears to be another abandoned pub or club. Image

A typical industrial landscape in the Ancoats area of Manchester. 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

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

Development of flats on Isaac Way in Ancoats.