The eight acre garden associated with this house is due to open to the public soon, and a variety of work is going on to prepare for this. Last sunday (27 Jan) we had a turn out of 11 volunteers, who helped remove the remains of a "modern" concrete fence between the house / garden and the mill. Comparatively heavy and hard work, contractors were due on Monday to replace this with something more appropriate.
"Quarry Bank House and garden were built within the confines of Quarry Bank Mill at a time when mill owners were proud to live adjacent to their source of wealth. It was set in the sandstone valley of the River Bollin, which provided power for the Mill and the humidity to help the cotton spinning process."Postscript - the garden is now officially open - this photo shows the fence that replaced the one we removed
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