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Ever wanted to spend a night at the museum? Now you can in Manchester

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Visitors to Manchester could very soon spend a real-life night at the museum. That’s because the Science and Industry Museum, in Castlefield, is converting its Georgian Station Agent’s House into a holiday let.

The property is so old that it actually pre-dates the museum’s Grade I listed 1830 Station. Until recently, the building has been used as offices.

However, it did have a residential use when it was built in 1808 for John Rothwell, partner in a nearby dyeworks. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community The house then provided accommodation for the Station Agent at Liverpool Road Station before being converted for shop use in the mid-20th century.

Unsuitable for museum gallery use due to its size and layout as a former residential house, it has been used as offices since the Science and Industry Museum first opened on the site from 1983, when the shop frontage was removed, and a replica of the historic doorway reinstated.

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