Its only when you travel round the country. that you realise just how unique our Victorian terraced housing stock is.
Its almost unique to this part of Lancashire that they are nearly all stone built, even as near by as Manchester most of them are brick built.
Another unique aspect of their design is the continuous slope of their roofs when they are built onto a steep hill, as can be seen on the streets leading down to Manchester Road. You don't see it anywhere else in the country.
This should be preserved and cherished, and not demolished to make way for more unattractive, cheaply built housing, no different from anywhere else in the country, many of which are then subsequently demolished because they cannot stand the test of time.
There will be so few in the future, rich Londoners will discover their charm and have them as holiday homes...just like Pendy has.
