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One of Manchester’s oldest and rarest townhouses is up for rent – for £10k a month

It's a beauty.

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 5th April 2024

One of Manchester city centre’s very few townhouses has gone up for rent – and unsurprisingly, this Georgian beauty is one of the most expensive in the city.

The four-storey house is one of only a handful of properties like this in the city centre, which is otherwise packed with apartments.

The historic townhouses along St John Street date all the way back to 1785, but have spent most of their lives as commercial spaces.

In fact, until they were restored back to residential buildings in recent years, these brick-fronted properties haven’t been used as houses since around 1850.

And although it’ll cost a pricey £10,000 per month to live here, you get a lot of house for your money.

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With three bedrooms, two reception rooms, two bathrooms and a roof terrace, across 1,700 sq ft of living space, you’ll have plenty of space.

Then there’s the location too – you’re right off Deansgate in the heart of the city centre, but also just a short walk from St John’s Gardens.

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The main reception room in the Georgian townhouse in Manchester
The main reception room
A contemporary kitchen with original fireplace inside a Greater Manchester townhouse
The contemporary kitchen
A bespoke bar in the basement
A bespoke bar in the basement
The TV lounge in the basement
The TV lounge in the basement

The street of Georgian townhouses is the main reason for the creation of Manchester’s St John Street Conservation Area, so you know you’re not going to wake up with another skyscraper on your doorstep.

Listed as ‘one of the finest houses in Manchester’, the townhouse has undergone a stunning refurbishment to bring it up to scratch.

The basement has been restored to create extra living space, with an entertaining space complete with a bespoke bar, a TV room, a private terrace and a utility room.

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Then on the ground floor there’s a bespoke, contemporary kitchen which still has the building’s original fireplaces, and a bright and sunny lounge.

There are three double bedrooms, two of which have bespoke en suite bathrooms, and a private terrace from the top floor.

The restoration of the townhouse that’s for rent has had ‘no expense spared’, and includes materials like marble cloud tiling with underfloor heating.

One of the townhouses's three bedrooms
One of the townhouses’s three bedrooms
A bathroom inside the Georgian townhouse in Manchester
A bathroom inside the Georgian townhouse in Manchester
The views from the roof terrace
The views from the roof terrace

The home’s £10,000 a month price tag (it’s currently listed with Reside Manchester) puts it near the top end of the city centre’s more luxury market, though it’s a way off being the most expensive currently on the market.

The most expensive rental property currently on the market remains Phil Neville’s penthouse apartment in Beetham Tower, currently listed at £18,000 a month.

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There’s also an incredible penthouse off St Mary’s Parsonage for £13,500.

And also sitting in the £10k price bracket is a three-bedroom penthouse in Renaker’s new The Blade building.

In a rapidly-growing city of new builds and skyscrapers, this Georgian townhouse is a rare chance to live somewhere with real Manchester history.

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Featured image: Rightmove/Reside Manchester

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Inside the stunning £10m Cheshire mansion with an indoor pool and tennis court

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

An absolutely breathtaking Georgian mansion set among picturesque grounds is currently on the market in Cheshire.

The only thing is, you’ll just need the small matter of £10 million before you can call it yours.

Of course, it goes without saying that the vast majority of people reading this article won’t have £10 million just sitting in their bank account right now, and that properties of this size and stature are not the kind we’ll ever get to call home.

But, if like us, you’ve got no shame in admitting you love looking at houses you can’t afford in places you’ll probably never live, then allow us to introduce you to this absolute stunner.

Take a look inside Whirley Hall.

A stunning mansion with an indoor pool and a tennis court has gone on the market in Cheshire for £10 million / Credit: Jackson Stops

Located in Over Alderley – which is one of Cheshire‘s many affluent and sought-after villages, known for combining the best of rural living, while still being conveniently close to a wide range of amenities, excellent local schools, and transport links into Greater Manchester, the rest of the North West, and beyond – this eight-bedroom home has so much to offer prospective buyers.

Dating back to the 1670s, this four-storey former residence of the Birtles and Hibbert families is a beautifully-conceived Grade II-listed home set in what is arguably one of the area’s best locations.

Estate agents say this property is truly “exquisite”, not only for its Georgian architecture, but also for its contemporary leisure suite, five-acres of glorious gardens, two separate cottages, and further 56-acres of surrounding land.

“Countless” original features can be found inside the property.

The property has been renovated to the highest of standards throughout / Credit: Jackson Stops

All of the brickwork, windows, and fine plasterwork have been “meticulously restored” to complement the property’s striking interiors.

With a layout described as “inviting”, and the property completed to a “luxurious” material specification, the home is said to be a lesson in modern elegance, while still being the most relaxed and comfortable it could be, with all the natural light enhanced and living space utilised.

Some of the property’s stand-out features include a bespoke kitchen, four ensuite bedroom suites, each with their own dressing rooms, a state-of-the-art leisure suite with an indoor pool, spa, steam room, and gym, and its very-own tennis court set within the grounds.

With 56-acres of grounds, and its own tennis court, the outside is just as impressive as the inside / Credit: Jackson Stops

If the property wasn’t already impressive enough on the inside, its equally as impressive when you step outside too.

As well as the approximately five-acres of landscaped gardens, orchard, and a pond, and the approximately 56.29-acres of attached parkland, paddocks, woodland, and lakes, the property also has a steel-framed agricultural barn in its grounds, as well as a number of outbuildings – including a garden store and pottery studio.

The property also comes with an extensive driveway and covered parking for around four vehicles.

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Whirley Hall is currently on the market with the Alderley Edge branch of local estate agents, Jackson Stops, for a whopping £10 million (Offers in Excess of), and if you fancy taking a closer look, then you can contact the property company to arrange a viewing.

Or you could just take the cheaper route instead and have a nosey at the Rightmove link here.

Featured Image – Jackson Stops

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Major changes have been made to what Greater Manchester households can recycle

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

Major changes have been made to what households across Greater Manchester can now stick into their recycling bins.

In case you weren’t aware, this week is National Recycling Week, which is a national effort focused on rescuing items that can be recycled, and in a bid to properly mark the occasion, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has announced that residents across the region will now be able to recycle a wider range of plastic items in their household mixed recycling bin.

This is all thanks to upgrades in Greater Manchester’s recycling facilities, and to the recent contract extension with SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK.

From this week, plastic pots and tubs used for things like yoghurt, soup, cosmetics, butter, and laundry powder, plastic trays containing raw and cooked meat, and plastic fruit and veg punnets, can now all be put in the mixed recycling bin.

These can now all join items like plastic bottles, glass jars, food tins and drinks cans, aerosols, and foil for the first time.

Despite these recent facilities upgrades, plastic films like crisp packets, pet food pouches, and carrier bags, still cannot be recycled in our region.

For now, you can just can throw plastic films into your household bin, where they’ll be burned to generate electricity for the region, however, GMCA has assured residents that it is planning to collect these types of plastic for recycling “in the future”.

“These upgrades will keep up our momentum on recycling,” explained Cllr Tom Ross, who is the Portfolio Lead for Waste and Recycling at GMCA.

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“It’ll give us time to build our new, cutting-edge materials recovery centre in Manchester while supporting residents to recycle more easily.”

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