Eleven classic Greater Manchester buildings at risk of being lost forever

They include a hotel built for Trafford Park workers which became a 'pit stop' for football fans; a cinema shaped like a cash register; and the birthplace of the kid brother of the Bee Gees.

And those are just a few of the eleven buildings in Manchester and Trafford which are amongst 86 new entries on a national heritage at risk register. The quirky and classical are represented and all are in danger of being lost for good.

They have been added to the Buildings at Risk Register compiled by SAVE Britain's Heritage. The group has identified the 'wonderfully ornate' Grade II listed Trafford Park Hotel on Third Avenue, Stretford as vulnerable.

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Opened in 1902 it was built to serve the worker bees of the newly created Trafford Park industrial estate which also had a residential community of more than 500 houses laid out in a grid pattern.

SAVE says of the hotel: "It stands about one mile east of Manchester United’s Old Trafford Football Stadium and was a popular stopping off point for fans for both refreshment - and relief. Sadly, we understand that although many of the hotel’s original fittings are still in place, including a grand staircase, the extra-long urinals that were built in the basement to accommodate supporters on matchdays have been removed.

"This wonderful building is in poor condition after having been squatted and passed through different ownerships. It needs a new use."

Ashley Hotels bought the building for £900,000 in 2017 and Property Hub bought it from them for £825,000 in September 2020. It was sold on again and, in 2022, an application to turn it into apartments and build a new block of 20 apartments next to it was