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Garnett Street, STOCKPORT, SK1 3GF

Housing construction on the corner of Hillgate and Crowther Street. These are part of the NuVu Covent Garden development. Your Housing Group and Bardsley Construction are set to build 74 houses around London Square and Lower Hillgate.

The street was famously portrayed in a 1930s painting by L S Lowry https://gerryco23.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/lowry-in-stockport/ The old terrace was demolished in the 1960s. Johnnie Johnson Housing restored the "Lowry Steps" creating a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom homes http://www.jjhousing.co.uk/all-properties/property/crowther-street--260/?pid=260&ps_page=5&pdfview=1 and now new housing is being built on the left hand side as part of the NuVu Covent Garden development by Your Housing Group and Bardsley Construction.

In view is Middle Hillgate, sloping steeply down towards the town centre.

See Crowther Street as painted in 1930 by L S Lowry: http://www.gmmg.org.uk/our-connected-history/item/crowther-street/

The street was famously portrayed in a 1930s painting by L S Lowry https://gerryco23.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/lowry-in-stockport/ The old terrace was demolished in the 1960s. Johnnie Johnson Housing restored the "Lowry Steps" creating a mix of 1,2 and 3 bedroom homes http://www.jjhousing.co.uk/all-properties/property/crowther-street--260/?pid=260&ps_page=5&pdfview=1 Now new housing is being built on the left hand side.

Connecting Hillgate with Hopes Carr. The white building is the former Peter Carlson furniture showroom, the business having moved elsewhere. Building work on Hopes Carr is evident in the background.

The Enterprise Mural Image on the gable wall of 89 Lower Hillgate which offers a pictorial reflection of Stockport's industrial history was designed and painted by artist Keith Ormondroyd in 1983.

The Enterprise Mural Image on the gable wall of 89 Lower Hillgate offered a pictorial reflection of Stockport's industrial history. It was designed and painted by artist Keith Ormondroyd in 1983. It is now lost behind the metal framework of a potential new building. A proposal for #87 Lower Hillgate was put to the council in 2014 https://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?Id=1678 "The Executive Councillor (Corporate, Customer & Community Services) and Executive Councillor (Economic Development & Regeneration) have approved, in principle, a package of measures to support significant investment by a prominent occupier in 87 Lower Hillgate. The building currently comprises ca. 14,000 sq. ft., over two floors. It is located within the Covent Garden Masterplan area and has been identified as a key area for investment through the Marketplace and Underbanks Investment Strategy ... The investment will bring 18 new jobs to Stockport town centre, of which 6 will be focused on the retail element of the unit whilst the remaining 12 will be marketing and management roles. NOTE: Details of the application are 'not for publication' because disclosure of the information would be prejudicial to the company involved and the information has been exempt from publication in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) because the information 'related to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority)'. The actual development appears to be stalled for now. The first Society of Friends (Quakers) Meeting House was built in 1705 on this site. The present building dates from 1910. No 91 (George House) is the taller 2-storey building, with upper floor occupied by a large hall, and partly occupies the site of a former burial ground. It ceased to be a place of worship in 1960. No 89, an integral part of this building, is a lower build which occupies the site of the original meeting house. The building has been used as a commercial premises for many years and currently is home to Base Camp https://www.brandedoutdoorclothing.co.uk/ who specialise in branded outdoor clothing. No 91 has had several retail or office usages over the years.

The Red Bull is a locally listed building http://maps.stockport.gov.uk/internet/gisshed/infopage2.aspx?idno=615 The public house was probably constructed in the late 18th century, with alterations and rear additions in the late 19th century, internal remodelling in the 20th century. The building is 2-storey over cellars and with an attic, and is L-plan with a projecting wing to the right. It is constructed of rendered red brick with stone details, and the roof is Welsh slate with gable-end brick stacks. The central entrance has stone steps with wrought-iron railings. The flush beaded panelled door is within a moulded architrave with a debased scrolled pediment. Either side, and to the first floor are 4-pane sashes. The elevation is articulated with string courses at upper ground floor level and there are chamfered quoins. The wing to the right has similar windows and a dentilled timber eaves cornice. The right return gable has plate glass sashes and a 3-light plain mullioned window to the attic. Extensions were added to the rear in the late 19th century. Image