'Thorngrove'

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Barrie McElroy

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'Thorngrove'

'Thorngrove' was the family home of Henry Steinhauer Gibbs. He built this when he moved from Manchester while continuing to commute to his cotton factory in Manchester. The small estate is now remembered in the name of a suburban estate in Wilmslow.

Date & Place: 1878 at 'Thorngrove' in Wilmslow, Cheshire United Kingdom

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