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Cricket match at Winnington recreation club close to the works at Winnington, Northwich once owned by ICI.
©Lizzie
This is the side view of [[804447]] seen across the Winnington Park sports ground.
©Alan Murray-Rust
The proportions of this building are quite remarkable; taller than it is wide and with the asymmetrical roofs. Did it ever extend further in this direction. The side elevation can be seen in [[804450]]
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.1km<br/>Northwich (Winnington) - view along the A533 (Winnington Lane) from its junction with Winnington Avenue and next to Winnington soda ash works. Railings on the left form the boundary of Winnington Recreation Club sports ground.
©Mike Harris
Dist:0.1km<br/>A view from the Soda Ash works to the chemical works at Winnington.
©Andy Davis
Dist:0.2km<br/>This would originally have been the Brunner Mond sports club and incorporates a pavilion as well as a variety of indoor social activities. The building has date stones of 1937 (above the triangular porch) and 1923 (on the flat-roofed building immediately to the left). The front of the building appears in [[17793]]
©Alan Murray-Rust
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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.3km<br/>A view across the main site from Winnington Lane swing bridge. The contraction of the industry can be assessed from the emptiness of the foreground.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>These houses are to a slightly different design to the ones in the next street [[804458]] and enjoy the benefit of front gardens.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>Terraced housing built for workers at the Winnington chemical works; the houses have a pleasing uniform style
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>Part of the Brunner Mond Winnington site which has fallen victim to contraction. In the background is the Soda Ash Plant which is still partly used.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is the old course of the river which was replaced by the navigable channel a short distance to the north. Despite the greenness of the view, this is in the middle of an industrial site.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>Hollybank Close, the modern version of the terraced housing in the adjacent Solvay Road [[804458]]
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.4km<br/>Ludwig Mond 1839-1909
©Andrew Fielding
Dist:0.4km<br/>The entrance to Mond House is now flanked by statues of Sir John Brunner, 1842-1919 (left), and Ludwig Mond, 1839-1909 (right), the founders of Brunner-Mond. The terracotta detailing around the entrance and clock is by Jabez Thompson and dates the building to 1899. Brunner Mond became part of ICI and is now owned by the Tata Group.
©Andrew Fielding

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