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Nicholls Building
John Nicholls (1823-1859) was a well educated man who made a living from the cotton industry in Ardwick. When John died, aged 36, his mother and father paid tribute to him by the creation of a charitable school for poor boys. This school was named Nicholls Hospital, taking 4 years and £20,000 to complete it was opened in 1881 for the sons of poor persons. At the time the word hospital referred to the poor, most of which suffered from various illnesses. The building continued as a school in several other incarnations until it closed as Ellen Wilkinson High School. In 2000 refurbishment began but major damage was done to the Victorian building by a fire that broke out damaging large parts of the roof. Restoration of the Nicholls House building took 18 months, and was finally completed in 2002.
Nicholls Building
John Nicholls (1823-1859) was a well educated man who made a living from the cotton industry in Ardwick. When John died, aged 36, his mother and father paid tribute to him by the creation of a charitable school for poor boys. This school was named Nicholls Hospital, taking 4 years and £20,000 to complete it was opened in 1881 for the sons of poor persons. At the time the word hospital referred to the poor, most of which suffered from various illnesses. The building continued as a school in several other incarnations until it closed as Ellen Wilkinson High School. In 2000 refurbishment began but major damage was done to the Victorian building by a fire that broke out damaging large parts of the roof. Restoration of the Nicholls House building took 18 months, and was finally completed in 2002.