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{{Short description|Building in Manchester, England}}
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'''Rose Hill''', Longley Lane, [[Northenden]], [[Manchester]] is a nineteenth century [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] villa, most notable as the home of [[Sir Edward Watkin]], "railway king and cross-channel visionary."<ref name="Hartwell 465">Hartwell et al. 2004, p&nbsp;465</ref> The house is a [[Grade II*]] listed building as of 11 April 1991.<ref name="BB">http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-388295-rose-hill-manchester</ref>
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'''Rose Hill''' on Longley Lane in [[Northenden]], [[Manchester]], England, is a 19th-century [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] villa. It is most notable as the home of [[Sir Edward Watkin]], "railway king and cross-channel visionary",<ref name="Hartwell 465">Hartwell et al. 2004, p&nbsp;465</ref> and in the late 20th century it was in use as a [[Residential care|children's home]].<ref name="childrenshomes">{{cite web |title=Manchester Council Homes |url=http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/ManchesterBC/ |website=childrenshomes.org.uk |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>


The house was designated a [[Grade II*]] listed building on 10 April 1991.<ref name="BB">{{cite web|url=http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-388295-rose-hill-manchester|title=Rose Hill, Northenden, Manchester |first=Good |last=Stuff |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref>
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Sir Edward's father, Absalom Watkin, bought the house in 1832. Absalom Watkin was a wealthy cotton merchant and a diarist, recording life in early Victorian Manchester. Sir Edward extended the house in the late nineteenth century with "a single storey [[loggia]] of the finest [[ashlar]] with [[Doric order]] pilasters...toy battlements appear elsewhere. The interiors are especially fine."<ref name="Hartwell 465"/> The house has spectacular stained glass, "the windows and doors all have very fine and imaginative art nouveau stained glass, with rose trees, birds and other flowers and plants and employing clear glass as part of the design."<ref name="BB"/>


==History==
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Sir Edward made his fortune as the managing director of four separate railway companies at a time of vast expansion of the railways in mid-Victorian Britain. He also founded the Channel Tunnel Company in 1875 which undertook the first large-scale attempt to link England and France. He began construction of a larger version of the [[Eiffel Tower]] on the site of the current [[Wembley Stadium]] but this was abandoned after a height of 155 feet had been reached.<ref>{{citation|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/southmanchesterreporter/news/s/366967_the_nearly_man_of_northenden|title=The nearly man of Northenden|date=4 December 2002|last=Elleray|first=Kirsty|publisher=M.E.N. Media|work=South Manchester Reporter}}</ref>
[[File:Edward William Watkin, Vanity Fair, 1875-11-06.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Cartoon of Sir Edward Watkin (''[[Vanity Fair (UK magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', 1875)]]
In 1832, Rose Hill was bought by a wealthy cotton merchant, [[Absalom Watkin]] (1787–1861). Watkin was a social and political reformer, an [[anti Corn Law League|anti corn law campaigner]] and a [[diarist]], recording life in early [[History of Manchester|Victorian Manchester]].<ref name="Hartwell 465"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Reform and respectability : the making of a middle-class liberalism in early nineteenth-century Manchester |year=1995 |publisher=Published for the Chetham Society by Carnegie Pub |isbn=1-85936-024-6}}</ref>


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The house was inherited by Absalom's son, Edward Watkin. Edward was a noted transport entrepreneur who made his fortune as the managing director of nine separate railway companies at a time of vast expansion of the railways in mid-Victorian Britain. He was responsible for driving the expansion of the [[Metropolitan Railway]] into the rural areas outside London, and he also founded the [[Channel Tunnel|Channel Tunnel Company]] in 1875, which undertook the first large-scale attempt to link England and France. He began construction of "[[Watkin's Tower|The Great Tower of London]]", a larger version of the [[Eiffel Tower]] on the site of the current [[Wembley Stadium]], but this was abandoned after a height of {{convert|155|feet}} had been reached.<ref>{{citation|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/southmanchesterreporter/news/s/366967_the_nearly_man_of_northenden|title=The nearly man of Northenden|date=4 December 2002|last=Elleray|first=Kirsty|publisher=M.E.N. Media|work=South Manchester Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Watkin path : an approach to belief |year=2006 |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |isbn=9781845191283 |pages=23–25}}</ref>
In the twentieth century, Rose Hill became a children's home which was closed in the 1990s and which was later the subject of a wide-ranging investigation into child abuse in Manchester's care homes from the 1960s to the 1980s.<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6426873.stm|title=Child home abuse group given £2m|work=BBC News|date=7 March 2007}}</ref> In the 1970s a major landscape painting by the American artist [[Frederick Edwin Church]] was discovered at Rose Hill. "The Icebergs" had been bought by Sir Edward in the late nineteenth century for a reported £10,000 and subsequently forgotten.<ref>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dgilligan/NCFHWebsite/RoseHill.htm</ref>

In the 20th century, Rose Hill ceased to be a private dwelling. In 1915 it was purchased by the [[Poor law union|Manchester Poor Law Union]] to be used as a residential school for children suffering from [[ophthalmia]]. It was later used as a children's [[convalescent home]] and a [[nursery school]], until it was taken over in 1955 by [[Manchester Corporation]] to be used as a [[Residential care|children's home]] and juvenile [[Remand (detention)|remand]] home.<ref name="workhouses">{{cite web |title=The Workhouse in Manchester, Lancashire |url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Manchester/#RoseHill |website=workhouses.org.uk |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="childrenshomes">{{cite web |title=Manchester Council Homes |url=http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/ManchesterBC/ |website=childrenshomes.org.uk |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref> The child care facility closed in the 1990s and was later the subject of a wide-ranging investigation into [[Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom|child abuse in Manchester's care homes]] from the 1960s to the 1980s.<ref name="bbc-0307">{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6426873.stm|title=Child home abuse group given £2m|work=BBC News|date=7 March 2007}}</ref>

[[File:The Icebergs (Frederic Edwin Church), 1861 (color).jpg|thumb|''[[The Icebergs]]'' by Frederic Edwin Church (1861)]]
In 1979 a major landscape painting by the American artist [[Frederick Edwin Church]] was discovered at Rose Hill. ''[[The Icebergs]]'' had been bought by Sir Edward in the 1860s and, following his death, was subsequently forgotten.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/17/archives/2-britons-find-us-artists-longlost-icebergs.html|title=2 Britons Find U.S. Artist's Long‐Lost 'Icebergs'|first=Laurie|last=Johnston}}</ref>


Rose Hill was converted into flats in 2003 and most of the grounds built-over with private housing.<ref name="Hartwell 465"/>
Rose Hill was converted into flats in 2003 and most of the grounds built-over with private housing.<ref name="Hartwell 465"/>

==Architecture==
Rose Hill was built in the mid-19th century on a [[courtyard]] plan. The main entrance door has a large [[fanlight]] and is topped with a [[broken pediment]] supported by [[Tuscan column]]s.<ref name="NHLE">{{NHLE|num=1291365|desc=Rose Hill|access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>

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Absalom Watkin extended the house in the late 19th century with "a single storey [[loggia]] of the finest [[ashlar]] with [[Doric order]] pilasters&nbsp;... toy battlements appear elsewhere. The interiors are especially fine."<ref name="Hartwell 465"/> The house has spectacular stained glass: "The windows and doors all have very fine and imaginative [[Art Nouveau]] stained glass, with rose trees, birds and other flowers and plants and employing clear glass as part of the design."<ref name="BB"/>

==See also==
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{{portal|Greater Manchester}}
*[[Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester]]
*[[Listed buildings in Manchester-M22]]


==Notes==
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*{{citation|last=Hartwell|first=Clare|series=Pevsner Architectural Guides|title=Manchester|year=2001|publisher=Penguin|location=London|isbn=0-14-071131-7}}
*{{citation|last=Hartwell|first=Clare|series=Pevsner Architectural Guides|title=Manchester|year=2001|publisher=Penguin|location=London|isbn=0-14-071131-7}}


==External links==
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*{{cite web |title=Rose Hill House and Woods |url=http://friendsofrosehill.org/ |website=Friends of Rose Hill |access-date=24 June 2020}}
*{{cite book |last1=Cornish |first1=J. E. |title=Catalogue of the Library of Sir Edward W. Watkin, M.P., Rose Hill, Northenden |date=1875 |publisher=Compiled and printed for private use, by J. E. Cornish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5cIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Rose%20Hill%2C%20Northenden&pg=PA2#q=Rose%20Hill,%20Northenden |access-date=24 June 2020 |language=en}}

{{Manchester B&S}}


[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester]]
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[[Category:Child welfare in England]]

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Rose Hill
General information
TypeVilla
Architectural styleVictorian Gothic
LocationNorthenden
Town or cityManchester
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates53°24′06″N 2°14′56″W / 53.4017°N 2.2488°W / 53.4017; -2.2488
Renovatedc.1900
Technical details
MaterialRed brick and ashlar
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameRose Hill
Designated10 April 1991
Reference no.1291365
Known forHome of Absalom Watkin and Sir Edward Watkin; children's home (1955–1990)

Rose Hill on Longley Lane in Northenden, Manchester, England, is a 19th-century Victorian villa. It is most notable as the home of Sir Edward Watkin, "railway king and cross-channel visionary",[1] and in the late 20th century it was in use as a children's home.[2]

The house was designated a Grade II* listed building on 10 April 1991.[3]

History

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Cartoon of Sir Edward Watkin (Vanity Fair, 1875)

In 1832, Rose Hill was bought by a wealthy cotton merchant, Absalom Watkin (1787–1861). Watkin was a social and political reformer, an anti corn law campaigner and a diarist, recording life in early Victorian Manchester.[1][4]

The house was inherited by Absalom's son, Edward Watkin. Edward was a noted transport entrepreneur who made his fortune as the managing director of nine separate railway companies at a time of vast expansion of the railways in mid-Victorian Britain. He was responsible for driving the expansion of the Metropolitan Railway into the rural areas outside London, and he also founded the Channel Tunnel Company in 1875, which undertook the first large-scale attempt to link England and France. He began construction of "The Great Tower of London", a larger version of the Eiffel Tower on the site of the current Wembley Stadium, but this was abandoned after a height of 155 feet (47 m) had been reached.[5][6]

In the 20th century, Rose Hill ceased to be a private dwelling. In 1915 it was purchased by the Manchester Poor Law Union to be used as a residential school for children suffering from ophthalmia. It was later used as a children's convalescent home and a nursery school, until it was taken over in 1955 by Manchester Corporation to be used as a children's home and juvenile remand home.[7][2] The child care facility closed in the 1990s and was later the subject of a wide-ranging investigation into child abuse in Manchester's care homes from the 1960s to the 1980s.[8]

The Icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church (1861)

In 1979 a major landscape painting by the American artist Frederick Edwin Church was discovered at Rose Hill. The Icebergs had been bought by Sir Edward in the 1860s and, following his death, was subsequently forgotten.[9]

Rose Hill was converted into flats in 2003 and most of the grounds built-over with private housing.[1]

Architecture

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Rose Hill was built in the mid-19th century on a courtyard plan. The main entrance door has a large fanlight and is topped with a broken pediment supported by Tuscan columns.[10]

Absalom Watkin extended the house in the late 19th century with "a single storey loggia of the finest ashlar with Doric order pilasters ... toy battlements appear elsewhere. The interiors are especially fine."[1] The house has spectacular stained glass: "The windows and doors all have very fine and imaginative Art Nouveau stained glass, with rose trees, birds and other flowers and plants and employing clear glass as part of the design."[3]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Hartwell et al. 2004, p 465
  2. ^ a b "Manchester Council Homes". childrenshomes.org.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b Stuff, Good. "Rose Hill, Northenden, Manchester". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
  4. ^ Reform and respectability : the making of a middle-class liberalism in early nineteenth-century Manchester. Published for the Chetham Society by Carnegie Pub. 1995. ISBN 1-85936-024-6.
  5. ^ Elleray, Kirsty (4 December 2002), "The nearly man of Northenden", South Manchester Reporter, M.E.N. Media
  6. ^ The Watkin path : an approach to belief. Sussex Academic Press. 2006. pp. 23–25. ISBN 9781845191283.
  7. ^ "The Workhouse in Manchester, Lancashire". workhouses.org.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Child home abuse group given £2m", BBC News, 7 March 2007
  9. ^ Johnston, Laurie. "2 Britons Find U.S. Artist's Long‐Lost 'Icebergs'".
  10. ^ Historic England. "Rose Hill (1291365)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

References

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  • Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South East, The Buildings of England, New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
  • Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, London: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-071131-7
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