Thursby Children’s Convalescent Home 604 Clifton Drive North St Anne’s-on-the-Sea

Built at the expense of Sir John Thursby, High Sheriff of Lancashire and opened by the Bishop of Burnley on 11 April 1905.

THE THURSBY CONVALESCENT HOME - The Children’s Convalescent Home at St Anne’s on Sea, which has been built by Sir John Thursby, the High Sheriff of Lancashire, will be opened today by the Bishop of Burnley. The home is fitted up for ten boys and ten girls and it has large dormitories and a playroom. As the site is below road level there are sheltered spots for the weaker children to enjoy the sun without being exposed to the wind. There is a frontage of 165 yards to the high road. A large playground for the children has a gate which opens to the sand hills and the seashore.  The Home is to be devoted to the use of poor children from Burnley and East Lancashire. Sir John Thursby has not only defrayed the cost of its erection, but has also undertaken the expense of its maintenance. The Home will be wholly un-denominational and free. Mr Thomas Muirhead of Manchester is the architect. [Manchester Guardian 11 April 1905 Page 7]

CHILDREN’S CONVALESCENT HOME, ST ANNES ON SEA - This home is for ten boys and ten girls, and with provision for further enlargement of five beds for each sex. It is to be fitted up on the latest principles. The materials are brick, with stone dressings, red tile roof. The whole of the cost will be borne by Sir John O. S. Thursby, who is endowing it to be free of expense for always. The architect is Mr Thomas Muirhead, of Manchester. [Building News 13 November 1903 page 653]

Reference    Manchester Guardian 11 April 1905 Page 7 (with illustration)
Reference    British Architect 14 April 1905 Page 253
Reference    British Architect 16 August 1903 - views published
Reference    Building News 13 November 1903 page 653 and two illustrations