Brutalist building set to make way for care home

THE brutalist building that looms over Middleton's memorial gardens will be demolished and replaced by a care home and new housing.

- BY GEORGE LYTHGOE Local Democracy Reporter

Parkfield House. Picture by Peter McDermott

(Peter McDermott)

Parkfield House, on Manchester Old Road, used to be Middleton's town hall before the local government shake up of 1974 put the town under Rochdale council's administration.

The 1960s building was later bought by the North West Water Authority, but has sat empty since being vacated by security firm Chubb in 2020. It has been subjected to vandalism and consistent trespassing in recent years, Rochdale council's planning committee was told on November 27.

Plans include razing the old town hall building to the ground and building 20 four-bedroom houses as well as an 80-bed care home.