Don't miss a thing by signing up to the MyOldham newsletter here Plans have been lodged to convert an Uppermill gallery – founded as the dying wish of a textile designer – back into a house as it has ‘failed to thrive’.
The Weavers Factory on New Street was home to Joan Charnley, a mid-century textile designer from 1963 to 2016. Upon her death aged 84, she left the Grade Two-listed building to her neighbours Nigel Durkan and Julian Bovis with the wish that it be used as an art gallery.
It was renovated and refurbished between July 2017 and October 2018, and had included a tea bar and a shop. READ MORE: Police appeal to locate man wanted in connection with assault in Oldham The gallery exhibited Joan’s work, as well as artists including
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