Didsbury Campus information

Didsbury Campus
Didsbury Campus
	The administration building on Didsbury Campus
Type	University
Location	Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2RR
Coordinates	53°24′43″N 2°13′49″W / 53.4120°N 2.2302°W
Built	1785, 1842
Built for	Wesleyan Methodist Church
Architect	Richard Lane
Architectural style(s)	Neoclassical
Governing body	Privately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Administration Building at Didsbury Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University
Designated	25 February 1952
Reference no.	1254970
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Old Chapel Building at Didsbury Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University
Designated	6 June 1994
Reference no.	1270548
	Location of Didsbury Campus in Greater Manchester

The Didsbury Campus on Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, England, originally a private estate, was part of the Manchester Metropolitan University; the oldest building on the site dated to around 1785. It became a theological college for the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1842, about the same time as a chapel which later became part of the college was built. These buildings are now all listed.

In 1946, in response to a growing need for new teachers across the country, the site became a temporary teacher training college, becoming permanent in 1950. Over the next 30 years there was a significant building programme, with classrooms, lecture theatres, offices, sports facilities and a library all being constructed. The college became a part of Manchester Polytechnic (later Manchester Metropolitan University) in 1977. In 2005, the campus became home to the Science Learning Centre North West.

The university closed the campus in 2014, sold the land to developers, and moved its facilities to a new purpose-built campus named Birley Fields in Hulme. All the buildings constructed after the Second World War were then demolished, with only the listed buildings remaining. As of 2018 these are being converted into homes, as part of the site's redevelopment as a residential area.

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