IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Cottesmore Gardens, ALTRINCHAM, WA15 8TS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Cottesmore Gardens, WA15 8TS by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (233 Images Found)
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Former Unicorn Hotel, Hale Barns
Since 1936 (until a few years ago) one of two pubs in Hale Barns village, the other being the Bulls Head. Now HQ for a security systems supplier. An intriguing old photo shows this building in course of construction BEHIND its predecessor - the Unicorn Inn - an 18th century hostelry. This was to avoid losing their license, which had to operate continuously - without closure - at that time.
A regular at the old Unicorn Inn was Samuel Brooks, calico printer and banker, whose country residence (Prospect House) was half a mile up the road from here and who was one of the richest men in the North West in the 1850s. He owned 800 acres in Hale Barns and was a considerable local benefactor. His son became MP for Altrincham and endowed Hale Barns with its War Memorial, which still stands on the Green. Also extant is the impressive tudor-style building in Altrincham which once housed the Cunliffe-Brooks Bank.
Brooks Drive Image runs from the main road (A538), near modern Prospect House, to Brooklands Road but never became more than a track for much of its length rather than the tree-lined carriage route Brooks had intended - to connect Hale Barns with his then extensive estates in Whalley Range, Manchester.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 4 Aug 2013
0.03 miles
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Majestic Wine Warehouse
A retail outlet for wine in the centre of Hale Barns.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 11 Nov 2017
0.03 miles
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Behind bars
Wire mesh protects the demolition site of The Square in Hale Barns.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 4 Aug 2013
0.03 miles
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Temporary post (?)
Following demolition of the Square, a pillar box has been relocated here, but may move again when current rebuilding is complete. (See also photo Image)
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 4 Aug 2014
0.04 miles
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Hale Road, Hale Barns
The village as it used to be. In the distance, the Unicorn Hotel which is no longer a pub but the offices of a Security installations company. The trees have also disappeared with the rebuilding of the Square.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
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In Hale Barns village
The Square, to the right, has recently seen massive redevelopment after a public enquiry and compulsory-purchase dispute which lasted several years. You can no longer get a drink at the Unicorn Hotel but you might buy a burglar alarm from the company which now operates from there.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles