Millennium House is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

building in

Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...

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, England.

History

The building was established as a

dispensary A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications, medical supplies, and in some cases even medical and dental treatment. In a traditional dispensary set-up, a pharmacist dispense ...

in 1792 and incorporated as an infirmary in 1833. The infirmary was then expanded four times between 1871 and 1926. Subsequently, it remained unchanged until its closure in 1996. The building was listed as Grade II on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest on 10 March 1975. The building was purchased by the

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Group and renovated into office space, currently used by the

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(DWP).

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{{Buildings and structures in Stockport Borough 1792 establishments in England 1833 establishments in England Buildings and structures in Stockport Grade II listed buildings in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Grade II listed hospital buildings History of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Hospital buildings completed in 1871 Hospital buildings completed in 1926

History

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