Hough End Hall

Over the years the house has been considerably altered, with new windows and structural modifications. The original oak, nail-studded back door is now inside the house, and a five-light window on the return of the staircase bay has been built up and can only be seen from within. The house has previously been used as a toolhouse, a blacksmith's shop and a farmhouse. By the 20th century the interior had been stripped of its original oak fittings; a handsome staircase at the east end of the house was removed by Lord Egerton to Tatton Hall. In 1917 some of the lands of the Hough End estate lying to the north-east of the hall, and north of the Midland Railway line, were taken over by the War…

The house stands on Nell Lane, just north-east of Barlow Moor Road. Behind it runs the Metrolink line to East Didsbury and Manchester Airport, and Chorlton Brook passes along its northern side (Mauldeth Road West runs past it on the south). It is a three-storey brick building with gabled wings ornamented with balls. The central portion of the house is surmounted by a parapet in the form of three smaller gables with similar finials. The chimneys consist of square shafts set diagonally on square bases.

Today, Hough End Hall is surrounded by large concrete office blocks, partially hiding it from public view. It has Grade II* listed building status. Part of the former grounds of the Alexandra Park Aerodrome are now used for the Greater Manchester Police police horse and dog training centre, the Hough End Centre, Broughton Park RUFC's ground, and Hough End Playing Fields, including the site of the new swimming pool for Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Withington. There was a fundraising campaign by The Friends of Hough End Hall to turn the building into a community centre. It is now an academy and mosque.