Woodbank, Stockport

Woodbank
River Goyt in Woodbank Park
Location within Greater Manchester
General information
Architectural style	Greek Revival
Town or city	Stockport, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Coordinates	53°24′36″N 2°07′52″W / 53.41001°N 2.13112°W / 53.41001; -2.13112
Construction started	1812
Completed	1814
Client	Peter Marsland
Design and construction
Architect	Thomas Harrison

Woodbank is a historical villa and park located in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The surrounding park is known as Woodbank Memorial Park, located to the east of Vernon Park. The villa was built in 1812–14 by Thomas Harrison in the Greek Revival style for Peter Marsland, a prominent industrialist in the Stockport area.^[1] Woodbank was known to have been used for the purpose of a museum and art gallery at one time but no longer.^[2] It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, having been designated on 10 March 1975.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Woodbank Villa And Entrance Portico (1162994)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ Maliphant, Pauline J. (1 January 1978). Museums Yearbook: Including a Directory of Museums and Galleries of the British Isles and a Guide to Their Administering Authorities. Anglo-Israel Association. ISBN 978-0-902102-40-8. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

v t Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, England
Buildings	Abney Hall Barnes Hospital, Cheadle Bramall Hall Broadstone Mill, Reddish Cheadle Hulme School Elder Mill, Romiley Hat Works Houldsworth Mill, Reddish Houldsworth Working Men's Club Kingston Mill Mauldeth Hall Meadow Mill Mellor Hall Millennium House Moseley Old Hall, Cheadle New Hall, Woodford Old Manor Farm, Marple Nelstrops Albion Flour Mills Pear New Mill Plaza Cinema Staircase House Stockport Armoury Stockport Central Library Stockport College Stockport Town Hall Strawberry Studios Underbank Hall Vernon Mill Wear Mill Welkin Mill, Lower Bredbury Woodbank
Places of worship	All Saints Church, Marple Christ Church, Heaton Norris St Elisabeth's Church, Reddish St George's Church, Heaviley St Joseph's Church, Stockport St Martin's Church, Marple St Mary's Church, Cheadle St Mary's Church, Stockport Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport St Peter's Church, Stockport St. Thomas' Church, Mellor St Thomas' Church, Stockport
Education	Aquinas College Bramhall High School Castle Hill High School, Offerton Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College Cheadle Hulme High School Harrytown Catholic High School Hazel Grove High School The Kingsway School Marple Hall School Priestnall School Reddish Vale High School St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy St James' Catholic High School Seashell Trust Stella Maris School Stockport Academy Stockport College Stockport Grammar School Stockport School Werneth School
Transportation	Bramhall railway station Bredbury railway station Brinnington railway station Cheadle Hulme railway station Davenport railway station Gatley railway station Hazel Grove railway station Heald Green railway station Heaton Chapel railway station Marple railway station Middlewood railway station Reddish North railway station Reddish South railway station Romiley railway station Rose Hill Marple railway station Stockport bus station Stockport railway station Strines railway station Woodley railway station Woodsmoor railway station
Shopping complexes	Grand Central Stockport Merseyway Shopping Centre The Peel Centre
Sport and Entertainment	Avro Heritage Museum Edgeley Park Garrick Theatre Plaza Cinema, Stockport Stockport Air Raid Shelters
Bridges	Marple Aqueduct Stockport Viaduct
Others	Stepping Hill Hospital Stockport Sunday School
Demolished	Cheadle Heath railway station Cheadle Lower Mill Cheadle LNW railway station Cheadle North railway station Green Lane Hazel Grove (Midland) railway station Heaton Mersey railway station Heaton Norris railway station Mellor Mill Palmer Mills, Stockport Portwood railway station Stockport Castle Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station Wood Mill, Woodley
Lists	List of schools in Stockport List of mills in Stockport
Listed buildings in	Bredbury and Romiley Cheadle and Gatley Hazel Grove and Bramhall Marple Stockport

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Woodbank, Stockport

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