Buile Hill Park

Buile Hill Park is a Grade II listed public park and hall in Seedley, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The park and mansion are currently owned by Salford Borough Council. The mansion house is currently vacant and up for sale to bring it back to life. The Friends of Buile Hill Park are a non-profit society which contribute to the activities in the park and how it is managed.Salford schools xcountry holds a couple of the race mets there over the back end of the year from Oct-Jan, it also used for Junior park runs every Sunday.HistoryIn 1590, victims of the plague had been buried in Hart Hill Meadow, which had been bought by the local authorities.John Potter of Tadcaster (1728-1802) was firstly a draper and had a shop in Tadcaster. All his children were born in this shop. John also took on a farm at Wighill and then one he rented from Sir Walter Vavasour at Wingate Hill. Two of his sons, William and Richard, opened a warehouse at no 2, Cannon Street, Manchester in 1802. They were joined there on 1 January 1803, by their brother, Thomas. They created the firm of William, Thomas and Richard Potter. William left the firm in 1806. Thomas and Richard Potter formed a small band of free traders and reformers which lasted for more than a quarter of a century. They used to meet in Thomas and Richard's "plotting parlour" situated at the back of their Cannon Street warehouse.In 1825 Thomas Potter commissioned Sir Charles Barry to build him a mansion at Buile Hill. This is the only known house where Barry used Greek revival architecture. This was completed in 1827. Thomas was elected first Mayor of Manchester in 1838 and was re-elected in 1839. He was knighted on 1 July 1840. Sir Thomas, who had been born in Tadcaster in 1774, died on 20 March 1845 at Buile Hill. His widow, Lady Potter, née Esther Bayley, continued to live at Buile Hill until her death there on 19 June 1852. This legal document provides prove of ownership and occupancy of Buile Hill in 1852 & 1860