World's first ice-cream cone factory on list of borough's treasured heritage assets

The world’s first purpose-built ice cream cone factory is among a draft list of Trafford’s most treasured historic buildings which town hall bosses want to safeguard for the future. Trafford council’s executive has approved the list, which includes historical assets, some of which are in the borough’s prized conservation areas.

Progress Works on Ayres Road in Old Trafford where the Antonelli Brothers invented the sugar cone ice cream features as well as the Prisoner of War Camp on Charcoal Road in Dunham. Others include the Manchester Carriage and Tramway Company’s Depot, at 84 Chorlton Road, Old Trafford and the Quaker Meeting House and Burial Ground where George Bradshaw, who developed the first widely-used railway timetable guide, is interred.

Raglan House, the home of John Brogden, who built the Manchester to Altrincham Railway, also features. Nominations for a final draft list of local heritage assets were made following extensive public consultation in 2021 and compiled by Greater Manchester Archaeological Advisory Service. But now there will be a second round of consultation.

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The list includes so-called’ non designated heritage assets’ in conservation areas and is intended to influence future decisions on planning applications. A report to the executive said: “The list is not definitive and further additions will be required.”

Council officers have now been given delegated authority to assess future inclusions on the list. The Joule Memorial Worthington Park in Sale, a memorial to the famous scientist James Prescott Joule features on the list along with Stallion Pound, an enclosed yard by the pond opposite the carriage