Parrs Wood House, Manchester

Name: Parrs Wood House
Address: Manchester, United Kingdom

#358 among attractions in Manchester

Georgian architecture

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Parrs Wood House is an 18th-century Georgian villa in the Parrs Wood area of Didsbury, Manchester, England. It was described by Pevsner as "a poorer man's Heaton Hall." It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 25 February 1952. ()

Architectural style: NeoclassicismCoordinates: 53°24'35"N, 2°13'8"W

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Didsbury EastManchester United Kingdom

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Parrs Wood House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Didsbury Campus, Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Didsbury Mosque, Abney Hall.

0.6 miW
Park
Didsbury Campus, Manchester
16 min walk • The Didsbury Campus, once a vibrant educational hub nestled in the leafy suburb of Didsbury in Manchester, United Kingdom, carries a rich history of academic pursuit and community development. The campus was part of Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) until its...
0.5 miW
Park, Garden
Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Manchester
13 min walk • Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden is in Didsbury, Manchester, England, between the River Mersey and Stenner Woods. The park is named after Alderman Fletcher Moss, who donated the park to the city of Manchester in 1915.
1.5 miNW
Islamic centre and Muslim place of worship
Didsbury Mosque, Manchester
38 min walk • The Didsbury Mosque, and the Manchester Islamic Centre, are co-located on Burton Road, West Didsbury, in Manchester, England. The building was originally the "Albert Park Methodist Chapel", which opened for worship in 1883, but in 1962 the chapel closed and was later converted into a mosque. It has an attendance of around 1,000 people.
0.8 miS
Park, Vernacular architecture
Abney Hall, Stockport
22 min walk • Abney Hall is a Victorian house surrounded by a park in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, built in 1847. It is a Grade II* listed building.
0.5 miW
Church
Church of St James, Manchester
14 min walk • St James, Didsbury, on Stenner Lane, is a Grade II* Church of England church in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury and with Emmanuel church is part of the parish of St James and Emmanuel, Didsbury.
0.9 miS
Tower, Gothic Revival architecture
Barnes Hospital, Stockport
23 min walk • Barnes Hospital in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, is a former hospital. It is on the border between Manchester and Stockport, near the A34 road in the middle of the complex interchange between Kingsway, the M60 and M56 motorway.
0.7 miN
Church
Church of St Nicholas, Manchester
19 min walk • The Church of St Nicholas, Kingsway, Burnage, Manchester, is a Modernist church of 1930–2 by N. F. Cachemaille-Day, Lander and Welch. It was enlarged in 1964 with a bay on the west side, also by Cachemaille-Day. Pevsner describes the church as "a milestone in the history of church architecture in England".
0.5 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Paul's Methodist Church, Manchester
14 min walk • St Paul's Methodist Church is a former Methodist church in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury. The building was designed by the architect H.H. Vale as a church for the nearby Wesleyan Theological Institution and opened in 1877. The building was converted into an office space in 1990.
1.1 miS
Village, Area
Cheadle, Stockport
29 min walk • Cheadle is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it borders Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and East Didsbury in Manchester.
1.1 miS
Church, Gothic architecture
St Mary's Church, Stockport
28 min walk • St Mary's Church in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, is a Grade I listed building. It is an Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Cheadle. Its benefice is united with that of St Cuthbert.
0.6 miS
Neighbourhood
Ladybrook Valley, Stockport
16 min walk • The Ladybrook Valley begins in the English Peak District and runs through Stockport. In its 15 kilometres course the brook falls 275 metres.

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Which popular attractions are close to Parrs Wood House?

Nearby attractions include Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Manchester (13 min walk), St Paul's Methodist Church, Manchester (14 min walk), Church of St James, Manchester (14 min walk), Ladybrook Valley, Stockport (16 min walk).

How to get to Parrs Wood House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Parrs Wood House:

Bus

Kingsway/Parrs Wood Stop G • Lines: 50 (1 min walk)

Train

East Didsbury (4 min walk)
Burnage (23 min walk)

Tram

East Didsbury • Lines: EDid, Roch, Shaw (5 min walk)
Didsbury Village • Lines: EDid, Roch, Shaw (17 min walk)