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A short walk around the site –

Friday 26th February 2016, Ashton-Under-Lyne 

OK – so Day 1 began with a project team meeting and then a walk around the site.

A few of the Tameside Macmillan Unit Project Team. Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Image by Project Artist Christopher Tipping
A few of the Tameside Macmillan Unit Project Team and Art Steering Group members. Left to right – Michael Hughes Project Architect IBI Group – Gareth Llewellyn Capital Projects Manager for the Trust – Sarah Lowiss Haematology Cancer Specialist Nurse – Vanessa Hickson Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist: Breast Care – Stewart Ramsden Patient User Representative. Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Image by Project Artist Christopher Tipping

All those mentioned above are standing outside the Ladysmith Building. Bronwen Gwillim of Willis Newson, was part of the group but not in the image –

The Ladysmith Building will be completely refurbished under the new Tameside Macmillan Unit proposals. The project is very exciting and the architects proposals will radically alter the interior and exterior spaces. A transformational experience for staff, service users and visitors alike.

Tameside Hospital, Ladysmith Building Courtyard awaiting refurbishment. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital, Ladysmith Building Courtyard awaiting refurbishment. Image: Christopher Tipping
Interior of the Ladysmith Building, Tameside Hospital, prior to refurbishment. Image: Christopher Tipping
Interior of the Ladysmith Building, Tameside Hospital, prior to refurbishment. Image: Christopher Tipping
The view from the entrance to the new Tameside Macmillan Unit. Image: Christopher Tipping
The view from the entrance to the new Tameside Macmillan Unit. Image: Christopher Tipping
The new Tameside Macmillan Unit will be housed in the single storey building on the far left of this image behind the Heras fencing. Image: Christopher Tipping
The new Tameside Macmillan Unit will be housed in the single storey building on the far left of this image behind the Heras fencing. Image: Christopher Tipping

The new Macmillan Unit will need to be visible and welcoming to compete with the large scale and massing of adjacent buildings along this hospital road.

Zen-like barrier planting at Tameside Hospital. Image: Christopher Tipping
Zen-like barrier planting at Tameside Hospital. Image: Christopher Tipping

I like the way that this barrier planting has been maintained & has created a Zen-like ambience than was probably intentioned !

The tall brick chimney on the Tameside Hospital site can be clearly seen from the top of Wild Bank. Image: Christopher Tipping
The tall brick chimney on the Tameside Hospital site can be clearly seen from the top of Wild Bank. Image: Christopher Tipping

As with most hospital sites, the developments have been ad-hoc, often within an original boundary, into which the hospital has expanded to fit ! A wide range of buildings, from early industrial and workhouse architecture is still evident amidst the larger scale of later 20th century developments. The hospital recently completed a massive PFI build which has brought the site into the 21st century.

 

 

 

 

 

…and a walk into Ashton-Under-Lyne

Friday 26th February 2016 – Ashton-Under-Lyne

What caught my eye walking into Ashton-Under-Lyne was the architectural legacy of an industrial past. Robust brick architecture with exuberant and self-confident detailing.

Industrial brick architecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Industrial brick architecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Industrial brick architecture and ironwork in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Industrial brick architecture and ironwork in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Industrial brick architecture and ironwork in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Industrial brick architecture and ironwork in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Metro Cinema - built 1920. Architectural Faience. Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Metro Cinema – built 1920. Architectural Faience. Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping

This is an amazing building – wonderful architectural faience ! It occupies a corner site with another fully glazed elevation.

Spectacular & robust doorway. Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Spectacular & robust doorway. Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Architecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Architecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Decorative Architectural Ironwork, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Decorative Architectural Ironwork, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elongated doorway - Architecture of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elongated doorway – Architecture of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Architecture & Streets of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Architecture & Streets of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Camden House built 1851, No.2 Grey Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Camden House built 1851, No.2 Grey Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Corner building, Stamford Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Corner building, Stamford Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Signage in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Signage in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Commercial Building, Architecture of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Commercial Building, Architecture of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Commercial or Warehouse Building, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Commercial or Warehouse Building, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Patterns of Architecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Patterns of Architecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
St Michael and All Angels Church of England, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
St Michael and All Angels Church of England, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping

 

 

 

Crossing Canals

Friday 26th February 2016 – Ashton-Under-Lyne / Dukinfield

Blown away by some of the architecture here – only regret that I didn’t make it to those buildings I could see in the distance –  views down streets and across Canals. Cavendish Mills and the Old Swimming Baths, just two of the landmarks I will have to wait to see up close.

Make my way across town towards Dukinfield, where I am staying at Barton Villa. Crossing the Ashton Canal and then the River Tame.  The two waterways are very intertwined at this point and sit metres apart.

Crossing the Ashton Canal, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
Crossing the Ashton Canal, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
River Tame, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
River Tame, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
The Bridge over the River Tame - Dukinfield Bridge -  Widened 1903. Image: Christopher Tipping
The Bridge over the River Tame – Dukinfield Bridge – Widened 1903. Image: Christopher Tipping
Dukinfield Bridge - the historic dividing line between Lancashire and Cheshire. Image: Christopher Tipping
Dukinfield Bridge – the historic dividing line between Lancashire and Cheshire. Image: Christopher Tipping
Dukinfield Bridge - the historic dividing line between Cheshire and Lancashire. Image: Christopher Tipping
Dukinfield Bridge – the historic dividing line between Cheshire and Lancashire. Image: Christopher Tipping

 

 

 

…and finally arrive at Barton Villa

Friday 26th February 2016 – 6pm ish !

A really long day – and up bright and early tomorrow for a what I think will be a 6 mile walk. (we eventually do a 12 mile walk !) –

Barton Villa, Dukinfield. Image: Christopher Tipping
Barton Villa, Dukinfield. Image: Christopher Tipping

Really nice place to stay ! – Bronwen said it was good !

Encaustic Tile Hallway - Barton Villa, Dukinfield. Image: Christopher Tipping
Encaustic Tile Hallway – Barton Villa, Dukinfield. Image: Christopher Tipping
The view into Ashton -Under-Lyne from my room - with the Spire of Albion Church in the distance. Image: Christopher Tipping
The view into Ashton -Under-Lyne from my room – with the Spire of Albion Church in the distance. Image: Christopher Tipping

12 Miles in 6 hours – Part Two – 10.52am to 2.13pm

Saturday 27th February 2016

OK – so better get a move on – realised I have already shown loads of images in the space of one hour’s walking ! With 5 more hours to go I had better move quickly on ! –

Map-like tracery on farm windows - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Map-like tracery on farm windows – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Stewart Ramsden looking back towards Ashton-Under-Lyne. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Stewart Ramsden looking back towards Ashton-Under-Lyne. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Stewart Ramsden - heading up the ridge path towards Wild Bank. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Stewart Ramsden – heading up the ridge path towards Wild Bank. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Just after mid-day, both landscape and temperature changes are quite dramatic. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Just after mid-day, both landscape and temperature changes are quite dramatic. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
The path to the top ! Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
The path to the top ! Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Triangulation point at 399m summit of Wild Bank with 360 degree views. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Triangulation point at 399m summit of Wild Bank with 360 degree views. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Stewart Ramsden
Stewart at the summit with coffee ! The views are brilliant & images don't do justice to them. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Stewart at the summit with coffee ! The views are brilliant & images don’t do justice to them. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Top of Wild Bank - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Top of Wild Bank – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Bitterly cold up here, the ground is frozen. Can't hang around. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Bitterly cold up here, the ground is frozen. Can’t hang around. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping

 

Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
12.39 - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
12.39 – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Stone had been quarried here - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Stone had been quarried here – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Higher & Lower Swineshaw Reservoirs are now in view - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Higher & Lower Swineshaw Reservoirs are now in view – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Sheltered and protected from the wind in the lee of this massive dry stone wall escarpment - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Sheltered and protected from the wind in the lee of this massive dry stone wall escarpment – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Lower Swineshaw Reservoir  in the distance - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Lower Swineshaw Reservoir in the distance – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Three trees & a sign post - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Three trees, a stile and a sign-post. Stopped for some lunch – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Walking around Lees Hill. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
1.36pm Walking around Lees Hill. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Fantastic Moss and Lichens cover stones here...Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Fantastic Moss and Lichens cover stones here…Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Arnfield Reservoir is just to the right of this image - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Arnfield Reservoir is just to the right of this image – Most of the land is criss-crossed with dry stone walls. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Dry stone wall turned green - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Dry stone wall turned green – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping

 

Mature trees on path to Hollingworth Hall Farm - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Mature trees on path to Hollingworth Hall Farm – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Lovely detail - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Lovely detail – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Hollingworth Hall Farm - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Hollingworth Hall Farm – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Hollingworth Hall Farm sign - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Hollingworth Hall Farm sign – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Public Footpath No. 198 Stalybridge via Shaw Moor. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Public Footpath No. 198 Stalybridge via Shaw Moor. Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Up a narrow path between fields and on towards Moorside Farm - Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit - Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping
Up a narrow path between fields and on towards Moorside Farm – Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit – Art Project Research Walk. Image: Christopher Tipping