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In 1919, the building and estate was purchased by
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stone and was completed in the 1850s. It was originally known as "Bent Hill". On the ground floor, it had a drawing room, billiard room, library and study, while upstairs were bedrooms and a bathroom, and the cellar included the servants' hall, scullery, laundry, butler's closet and pantry, and
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washing and brewing rooms. Among the outbuildings was a lodge at the corner of
Ostrich Lane and Scholes Lane, which was a scaled-down version of the main house. From 1870 until the end of the century, the house was leased by a merchant, James Alexander Bannerman.
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was formed in 1974. The building was subsequently became a nursing home known as "Manor House Rest Home". Following the closure of the nursing home in 1999, it stood empty until it was converted into a series of apartments, known as "The
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flanked by a pair of sash windows on the first floor. Inside, much original plasterwork and panelling survives, although they suffered vandalism while the building was unoccupied.
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