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6Former Unity Hall Hotel

This building is best viewed from across Nicholson Street. Strategically occupying its corner, in its simple, asymmetrical style this former hotel resembles the Shipwright’s Arms (Stop 2). The Unity Hall is larger and more ambitious, however, with its arched door and window and row of dormers. Built for innkeeper Thomas Acton, the Unity Hall Hotel had nine rooms with a…

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Former Unity Hall Hotel

49 Darling Street, c.1848

This building is best viewed from across Nicholson Street.

Strategically occupying its corner, in its simple, asymmetrical style this former hotel resembles the Shipwright’s Arms (Stop 2). The Unity Hall is larger and more ambitious, however, with its arched door and window and row of dormers.

Built for innkeeper Thomas Acton, the Unity Hall Hotel had nine rooms with a detached kitchen, stables and a well. The name Unity Hall (and the sign on the Darling Street façade, ‘Oddfellows Hall’) refer to its role as a meeting place for a Friendly Society, the Balmain Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows.

After ceasing to operate as an inn, the Hall was used for various commercial purposes. A plaque indicates that it was restored in 1989-90.

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