Woodbank is a historical villa and park located in Stockport

Stockport

Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...

, Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

, England

England

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. The surrounding park is known as Woodbank Memorial Park, located to the east of Vernon Park

Vernon Park

Vernon Park is the oldest country park in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The Victorian Park contains what is now the Vernon Park Museum. It originally opened on Monday 20th September 1858 as Pinch Belly Park or the People’s Park, built by the Stockport Corporation on land donated by George...

. The villa was built in 1812-4 by Thomas Harrison

Thomas Harrison (architect)

Thomas Harrison was an English architect and engineer. He built a number of bridges, including Grosvenor Bridge in Chester. He also rebuilt parts of Chester and Lancaster castles...

 in the Greek Revival style for Peter Marsland, a prominent industrialist in the Stockport area. Woodbank was known to have been used for the purpose of a museum and art gallery at one time but no longer. It was listed as a Grade II* listed building on March 10, 1975. The villa is currently the Woodbank Park Nursery.