Protecting Manchester’s Past: Live Fire Training at Gorton Monastery
Few buildings in Greater Manchester carry the architectural and cultural weight of Gorton Monastery, a Victorian Gothic masterpiece once described as the “Manchester Taj Mahal”. Designed by E. W. Pugin and completed in 1867, the Grade II* listed site has survived abandonment, vandalism, near collapse and remarkably, a sale for just £1 in the 1990s […]