⟁ Member's Supplement: St. Francis Priory, Gorton, East Manchester.

The regeneration of the Monastery and Friary, so long a symbol of the wider decline of east Manchester, has brought hope and renewed aspiration to local people and, through successful partnerships, has demonstrated how a heritage building can be a catalyst for positive change — the heritage dynamo in action.

This is a film commissioned by the WMF that I made with architectural historian Jonathan Foyle over 12 years ago.

⟁ Member's Supplement: St. Francis Priory, Gorton, East Manchester.

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⟁ Member's Supplement: Loch an Eilein, Scotland.

⟁ Member's Supplement: The Tarbat Discovery Centre, Portmahomack

⟁ Member's Supplement: All Saints', Rudston and the Monolith

⟁ Member's Supplement: The million petalled flower of Repoussé - Callcott, Poole and Wilson.

⟁ Member's Supplement: Richard Rogers at the Sir John Soane's Museum