Building Name

Scott House Memorial Home for Crippled Children Rochdale

Date
1913
Street
Clay Lane
District/Town
Norden, Rochdale
County/Country
GMCA, England
Work
New build
Contractor
T Ashworth and Sons, of Norden

We herewith give a view of the Memorial Home for Crippled:' Children at Rochdale, which has been built by Mr Waiter Scott,  proprietor of the “Rochdale Observer," in memory of his wife, and which was formally opened by the Marchioness of Stafford on Thursday April 24. The architect is Mr G Faulkner Armitage, of Altrincham. The general idea of the plan of the building has been to give a full southern exposure and to permit of the treatment of the little sufferers by the open-air method. The home has been built of stone of a warm reddish hue, harmonising with the oak and plaster half-timber work of the upper storey and the roof, which is covered with grey slate taken from several old buildings. Above the main entrance rises a square tower. The long roof over the dormitories is broken up by dormer windows and in the centre of it there is a * capping the ventilation outlet. The main entrance doors open into vestibule and that into a spacious hall 40 feet by 39 feet, with a large open fireplace. The stairway leading to the upper floors, as well as the other fittings of the hall, are in oak, and the floor has been laid in oak parquetry. From this hall, which opens with folding doors on to the terraces, the dining hall, a room measuring 31 feet 6 inches by *, with a large bay- window, is entered. The service of the house and the matron's and nurses' sitting-rooms, also the children's playroom (34ft. by 22ft., with bay window) giving on to the terrace, open from the central hall, and are so arranged that the staff can easily overlook every department. A feature in the dining-room is a large painting by the French artist, Flandrin, entitled, "Christ and His little friends," exhibited at the Paris Salon last year. Also on the ground floor will be found a spacious kitchen with scullery, pantry, and store-rooms, fitted with all modern conveniences. On the first floor the dormitories are situated. There are three of them: No. 1, measuring 31 feet 6inches by 24 feet; No. 2, measuring 27 feet by 19 feet. 6in; and No. 3, measuring 51 feet by 22 feet 6 inches. The matron's and nurses' bedrooms are on the same landing, and there is also a doctor's room, in which is a convenient gas-oven for heating food for the dormitories, The second floor finds accommodation for the staff, and in a shut-off portion of this floor there is an isolation ward. Mr John Morrell has acted as clerk of works, and Mr T. Pearson as quantity surveyor, etc. The main contract was entrusted to Messrs. T Ashworth and Sons, of Norden, and the sub-contractors were:  For joinery and carpentry, Messrs T Wilkinson and Son, Rochdale; slating, Messrs J. Whitworth and Sons, Rochdale; plumbing, Mr H Tattersall, Rochdale; plastering, Mr F S Ross, Rochdale; painting and decorating, Mr A Sharrocks, Rochdale. The gardens have been laid out and planted by Mr Peter Leigh, of Elton, Bury. [Building News 2 May 1913 Page 603]

Reference           Building News 2 May 1913 Page 603 with illustration
Reference           Manchester Guardian 25 April 1913 page 16 – opening
Reference           Hartwell Lancashire: Manchester and the South East