Buile Hill Mansion restoration work picks up pace

Exciting plans to transform Buile Hill Mansion into a stunning wedding venue are well under way.

The Grade II listed building, at the centre of Buile Hill Park, will have a ceremony room and a function room for up to 80 people, and will be the new home of Salford Register Office. There will also be a café where you can get fresh soup and a sandwich, and a community room for hire.

Workers are currently restoring the mansion’s original Georgian features, including a grand staircase, intricate coving and ceiling details, ornate windows, and original wrought iron radiators.

The mansion was built between 1825 and 1827 for Thomas Potter, a textile merchant who became Manchester’s first mayor. In later years it became a National History Museum and then a Mining Museum before it closed its doors in 2000.