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Retro house for sale: 1960s John Parkinson Whittle-designed modernist property in Didsbury, Greater Manchester

Retro house for sale: 1960s John Parkinson Whittle-designed modernist property in Didsbury, Greater Manchester
Retro house for sale: 1960s John Parkinson Whittle-designed modernist property in Didsbury, Greater Manchester

A grade II-listed house, this 1960s John Parkinson Whittle-designed modernist property in Didsbury, Greater Manchester is pretty much untouched from the day it was built for the architect himself back in the early part of that decade. An amazing place to live if you have the money to buy it.

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For sale: Six-bedroom 1930s art deco house in Prestwich, near Manchester

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If this six-bedroom art deco house in Prestwich, near Manchester was a football match, it would be a game of two halves. Why? Read on.

It's all about the photos offered with the listing. Details are scarce on its history, the agent simply describing it as 'one of the most individual, presage, detached properties in the Prestwich area'. But a glance at it should be enough to tell you it's an art deco property very likely to have been built in the 1930s, with some very cool original details.

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