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A well preserved line of silk weaving houses. Large windows in the top floor were originally silk weaving workshops.

In 2007 the Prince of Wales pub (also known as Porters) on Roe Street was under threat of demolition as part of proposals for a walkway in the area http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/pub-saviour-loses-her-home-981231 A campaign to save it won the day although the changed plans meant four other Georgian houses in the street were demolished instead. Although the pub sign reads "Prince of Wales" Image the name-board on the front just reads "Ale House".

Sign for the Prince of Wales Image

Looking down Roe Street past the end of the Heritage Centre to the Majestic Wine Warehouse on Churchill Way.

The Grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1206950 on Roe Street was erected by voluntary contributions in 1813 as a Sunday School. It was founded by John Whitaker, a monument to whom Image stands in the forecourt. In 1844 a Day School was opened in the same building. These schools continued to function until they were closed in 1973. It is now a Heritage Centre https://macclesfieldmuseums.co.uk/venues/the-old-sunday-school incorporating a cafe, craft studio, conference facilities and a cinema http://www.cinemac.org.uk/

Medallion on the south face of the Memorial to John Whitaker Image which stands in the forecourt of the former Sunday School Image that Whitaker established in 1814.

This Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1290576 Memorial to John Whitaker stands in the forecourt of the Sunday School Image that Whitaker established in 1814, and was placed there in 1846 to commemorate the school's fiftieth anniversary. The memorial was sculpted by Alfred Gatley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gatley and constructed in stone and marble. It stands about 30 feet high and consists of a tapering pedestal standing on steps, above which is a cornice decorated with acroteria. On top of this is a plain block surmounted by a draped urn. On the south face of the block is a medallion Image containing a bust of Whitaker in low relief and an inscription which reads: AS A TRIBUTE OF VENERATION AND ESTEEM, FOR THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BENEVOLENCE OF JOHN WHITAKER, THE FOUNDER, THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF A GRATEFUL POSTERITY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 1846, BEING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS SUNDAY SCHOOL

Victorian postbox on Duke Street Image

The Heritage Centre started life as the Roe Street Sunday School built by private subscription and opened in 1814. Nowadays the large hall is used for concerts and as a cinema for public performances and for a film club. Other parts of the building house part of the Macclesfield Silk museum and a cafe/restaurant.