The Towers, Grade II* listed Victorian mansion in Didsbury, United Kingdom.
The Towers is a Victorian mansion with strong Gothic features in the Didsbury area of Manchester, now used as an office building within a business park. The exterior shows pointed arch windows, ornamental tilework, marble details, and several spires spread across different levels.
Daniel Adamson bought the mansion in 1874 and held a meeting there in 1882 that led directly to the creation of the Manchester Ship Canal. From the 1920s onward, the building served as a research facility before being converted into offices.
The building housed the Shirley Institute for decades, a research center focused on textiles and industrial processes tied to the city's manufacturing past. Walking through the grounds today, visitors can still read that history in the building's scale and setting.
The building is at the back of Towers Business Park on Wilmslow Road, and public access is generally limited to the entrance hall. Checking access conditions before visiting is advisable, as the site is mainly a working office location.
The mansion is sometimes called Calendar House because it is said to have 365 windows, 52 doors, and 12 chimneys, matching the days, weeks, and months of a year. Visitors who walk around the building can try to count them and see if the numbers hold up.
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