Following significant population growth, largely associated with the number of cotton mills in the area, a local board of health was established in Kearsley in 1865.
The house had been designed in the Victorian style, built in red brick and was completed shortly before Gee died in 1877.
[3][4] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Bolton Road.
won the 1958 FA Cup final, it was the first stop on its victory coach tour, attracting a crowd of 5,000 people.
However, the town hall suffered from vandalism, including a fire, and it was then deemed uneconomic to repair it.