A crumbling mansion owned by the government of Iran sits abandoned in one of Greater Manchester's most exclusive areas. No-one seems able to get rid of it.
The derelict building seems out of place on a road lined with million-pound properties. This leafy spot should be prime real estate, but one house has been left to fall apart.
Brackendene was once a grand site with greenhouses, outbuildings and a swimming pool.
It was bought by the Iranians in the 1970s. The consul-general lived there at one stage and it was beautifully maintained, says Amir Barik, a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University who used to work for the consulate: "The biggest parties in Manchester used to take place in that house.”
The building began to be left empty in the years after Iran's Islamic revolution.
Since then, the state of the house has reflected the troubled diplomatic relationship between Iran and the UK. The mock-Tudor building was finally abandoned in the 2000s.
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I didn’t come here todo this place, but as it was close to where I wanted to be couldn’t resist a mooch
Tbh it wasn’t til I got home and did some research that I discovered what it was
Nothing really left now just a post fire shell
Apart from parties one wonders what else went on in here