Reg.Nr. 91/UK/036

The Apprentice House, Styal

The Apprentice House at Styal was built about 1790 to house the pauper apprentices, up to one hundred in number, who worked at Quarry Bank Mill. It's tought to be the only example of this historically important building type ta survive. The wealth of archive material extant, ...
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Project details

Title:The Apprentice House, Styal
Entr. year: 1991
Result:Diploma
Country: United Kingdom
Town: Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire (England)
Category type: architectural heritage
Building type/ Project type: industrial heritage
Former use:Apprentice house; flats; museum
Actual use:Museum: house and garden open to the public
Built: 18th-19th century
Architect / Proj.leader: A. Blacklay & Assoc., Architects
The Jury's citation: "For the restoration of an 18th Century building, formerly housing pauper apprentice children and its conversion to an interpretative centre depicting the life of the children who worked in Quarry Bank Mill"
Web, Links:

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/quarry-bank/features/the-apprentice-house-at-quarry-bank

Description:
The Apprentice House at Styal was built about 1790 to house the pauper apprentices, up to one hundred in number, who worked at Quarry Bank Mill. It's tought to be the only example of this historically important building type ta survive. The wealth of archive material extant, together with modern archeological techniques, has been used in the restoration of the house to its conditian about 1830. Interpreted through guided tours by costumed demonstrators and by 'living history' days it represents a unique opportunity ta experience the institutional life of child workers in the early industrial revolution.