Description
six pieces of red brick from a crumbling wall between a carpark and the River Medlock, near Mayfield Park
Curator's Notes
Six pieces of classic red brick. The stuff that Manchester is made from [except not really- there’s lots of stone too].This is from a wall that fences in the River Medlock, and stops Baring Street car park falling in it. Hard to tell what the river thinks of this, but I feel it would enjoy a car park collapse.
Baring Street car park was once the site of the Edwardian/Victoria Mayfield Baths complex, excavated in 2020 by archaeologists from Salford Uni as part of the area’s redevelopment project. Baring Street was once Stove Street, and effectively cut the site in two. The first aths were built on the Mayfield Park side of the street in 1856, and in 1866 a "women's swimming bath" was built where the car park is now.
Is the brick from an 1866 retaining wall? Or has it been rebuilt since? If you are someone who knows these things, please get in touch.
