More new housing has been built on the site of a 121-year-old former newspaper office.

Tenants have taken up their homes at a total of ten new one-bed apartments created at the old headquarters of the Radcliffe Times.

The housing has been built at the formerly derelict site, in Church Street West, and on adjacent brownfield land, as covered by HTFP earlier this year.

Many features of the 121-year-old building have been retained, including the newspaper office’s facade.

A fire had affected the property, which overhangs the River Irwell, in 2009 and gale force winds left the roof in a state of collapse in January 2017.

Planning permission for the site was granted in 2018 and a grant was received from Homes England.

A conditional agreement was later made between Bury Council and North West-based Paul Cook Developments, stating that once the properties were completed they would owned by the council and made available for affordable rent.

The first phase of the development was completed in May and saw the conversion of the Church Street West building into six one-bed council flats.

Completion of the second phase on the adjacent land has now provided a further four flats.

Councillor Clare Cummins, Bury Council’s cabinet member for housing services, told the Bury Times: “This prominent high street site, which was a derelict eyesore for years, now provides stylish new flats for affordable living, with large full height windows providing light and airy lounges with attractive views of the river.”