John Harland Club for Working Girls Regent Road Salford

SALFORD -  The Countess of Aberdeen opened on Saturday the Girls' Institute, the cost of which (about £6,500, exclusive of site and fittings) was defrayed by the trustees of the late John Harland. The building which is on the Regent Road Barracks site facing Huddart Street, is in the Renaissance style, and is of red brick, with buff terra-cotta dressings, from Northwich. There are a restaurant, a gymnasium, laundry, washhouse, kitchen, scullery, pantries, and a cookery classroom on the ground floor. Above these is a large assembly hall, with ten classrooms opening from it. The committee room is on this floor. The hall is lighted through a domed lantern, which forms a feature of the building both internally and externally. The institute is fitted with hot and cold water supply, hot water heating apparatus, and a separate system for steam cooking, and is lighted by electricity. There is a house for the caretaker, and an emergency exit has been provided in case of panic. The architects were Mr. J. Earnshaw and Son, Manchester, and the contractors Messrs Burgess and Galt, of Ardwick, Manchester [Building News 23 October 1903 page 545]

GIRLS' INSTITUTE, SALFORD —This institute, which is to be known as the John Harland branch of the Manchester Girls' Institute, has just been erected. The cost has been about £6,500, exclusive of site and fittings. The building, which is on the Regent-road Barracks site, is in the Renaissance style, and is of red brick, with buff terra-cotta dressings, from Northwich. There are a restaurant, a gymnasium, laundry, wash- house, kitchen, scullery, pantries, and a cookery classroom on the ground floor. Above these there is an assembly-hall, with ten classrooms opening from it. The committee-room is on this floor. The hall is lighted through a large domed lantern. The institute is fitted with hot and cold water supply, hot-water heating apparatus, and a separate system for steam cooking, and is lighted by electricity. There is a house for the caretaker, and an emergency exit has been provided in case of panic. The architects were Messrs. J. Earnshaw and Son. [Builder 31 October 1903 page 439]

Reference    Manchester City News 17 October 1903 Page 5 – opening
Reference    Manchester Courier 3 October 1903 page 10
Reference    Building News 23 October 1903 page 545
Reference    Builder 31 October 1903 page 439