Puzzle 12
 

Deliciously creamy sandstone. You can win...

1000 Ackers

for the location.

1000 Ackers

if you can tell me what the building was originally constructed as

2000 Ackers

if you can tell me the date of construction.

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Corner of Cannon street and Eagle Street, Probably as a Sunday School.

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The Register Office, formerly Mechanics Institute, built 1878 ?

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Unless it's the Manchester & Liverpool Bank in Eagle St, now some kind of pensioner's club but I have no idea when that was built

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Are all the buildings there made of the same materials, because that looks just like the building in Puzzle 10?

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There are a lot of town centre buildings made of the same stone.

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entwisi wins the location prize.

Willow wins the original use prize.

It is the former Manchester and Liverpool Bank building at the corner of Eagle Street and Cannon Street.

Any one care to try for the date?

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pure guess, 1898

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I'll try 1885 - I have a feeling there's a date on the building but I did say I wasn't going out tomorrow.............

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1878 or 1891 if we are guessing, Willow will get there before me so lets have another guess 1880 before I go.

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Tried having a quick look this morning(at 6AM) whilst on my way to work. Couldn't see a date stone at first look. There are some stones on the cannon street facade with letters in them( Can't remember what they were now I'm at my desk). Anyone care to exapnd what they are?

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1858...............

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Have you forgotten this one AB, is Willow correct ?

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Hey yes, I'd forgotten! Do I get the Ackers???

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He must be really busy working on a Christmas quiz with maybe a massive 50000 ackers as the prize.