St Edwards Street, looking towards Compton

St Edwards Street, Leek, looking towards Compton, the back of St Mary's church in the background and the Alms houses just below. As you can see the town house on the right, the one with black railings, home to Sir Thomas Wardle at one time, is still standing!

crest on spout hall

The crest above the name 'Spout Hall' I am not sure if this is the crest of the original family whom lived there which I believe was Hugh Sleigh, OR the actual architect whom built the spectacular building, Norman Shaw.

1873 spout hall

Zooming in to show the date Spout Hall was first built... 1873!

Spout Hall, St Edward street - April 20th 2008

A full frontal picture, taken from across the road in St Edwards Street. (I was and I am, taking advantage of using Sheilas Panasonic digi' cam whilst she was on holiday)

Looking up St Edwards street from Compton

Here is St Edward Street, photo uploaded on 31st March (to flickr). Spout Hall is here in the foreground on the left, just where the guy in yellow is on the pavement.

St Edward Street (p59)

"St Edward Street is lined with buildings of differing style, age and character. There is no uniformity and no straight lines, but nevertheless there is great harmony. St Edward Street has a number of fine houses which were once the homes of many of Leek's prominent citizens".

"One such house was Spout Hall, part of which can be seen on the extreme left of the picture. This impressive Victorian building was designed by the architect Norman Shaw for Hugh Sleigh.

This was the square way before the monument there was erected. (P.57)

"This scene is now dominated by the Nicholson War Memorial, or 'Monument', and the traffic island. The old cattle market extended into this area, which is bounded by Cawdry Buildings, Fountain Street, the Cattle Market Inn adn the Talbot Hotel. Iin the background are St Luke's Church, the Fountain Street Primitive Methodist Chapel and Brough, Nicholson and Hall's factory, with its tall chimney".

Leek in 1900

The top photo reads... "Leek's old baths can be seen on the left of this picture, c. 1900. The small building with the pyramid-shaped roof housed a public weighing machine. It stood on the area known as 'Sparrow park', part of the old cattle market site before the Monument was built".

The bottom photo reads... "Sanders' Buildings, at the corner of Derby Street and Haywood Street, was designed by Sugden and Son, the Leek architects, in 1894 as shops with living accomodation. It is still known locally as 'Mears's Corner', from the name of a former shopkeeper".

Derby street in late Victorian years ...dog and partridge

The text reads... "There were apparently no parking restrictions in Derby Street when this picture was taken in the late Victorian Years. The inno n th eleft, with its hanging sign and shops on either side, was the Dog and Partridge".

"Town Scenes our Grandparents Knew"

The first picture is of Derby street, not as many will recognise it now to what it used to be then, "A fine view of Derby street in about 1910. Skinner and Son, the ironmongers and hardware store on the left, was founded in 1894 and is still trading today". The Church in the background, the steeple standing high, is still there now in 2008, so is the roebuck pub which stands more in the foreground yet not very clear to the eye.

The other buildings down on the left is the Manchester banking corporation building If I remember rightly, which stands after the Roebuck pub (this pub was built in 1626).