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Brownsfield Mill was constructed in 1825 as a room and power cotton mill on the side of the Rochdale Canal in the Ancoats district of Manchester with power supplied by a sixty horse power steam engine. It is Listed Grade II*.

Jactin House in Ancoats was built by the Methodist Central Hall Mission to provide accommodation for men working in the nearby mills. Those who couldn't afford to pay for the accommodation were offered work in the adjoining work yard. This entrance on Murray Street indicates that it was erected in 1905 although there was a Men's Home on this site in the 1880s. It closed in 1951 and since then it has been used for a variety of small businesses but is now empty. It is likely to be converted to offices once the funding can be found.