▁demol ished ▁Wil bra ham ▁m ansion ▁on ▁Wel sh ▁Row ▁completed ▁in ▁around ▁ 1 5 8 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁Wright ' s ▁Al m sh ouses ▁of ▁ 1 6 3 8 . ▁Local ▁historian ▁Jer emy ▁Lake ▁cons iders ▁that ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁brick ▁was ▁an ▁expression ▁of ▁wealth ▁of ▁the ▁owner . ▁The ▁Wright s ▁were ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁N ant wich ▁families ▁between ▁the ▁mid - 1 6 th ▁century ▁and ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ; ▁Sir ▁Edmund ▁Wright ▁( b . ▁ 1 5 7 3 ) ▁rose ▁to ▁become ▁Lord ▁Mayor ▁of ▁London ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 0 – 4 1 . ▁Other ▁residents ▁of ▁this ▁earlier ▁house ▁include , ▁in ▁ 1 6 9 1 , ▁Samuel ▁Act on , ▁a ▁wealth y ▁to b ac con ist ▁who ▁became ▁important ▁in ▁the ▁town ' s ▁salt ▁trade ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁town ' s ▁first - record ed ▁Bapt ist ▁minister . ▁ ▁The ▁present ▁house ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁around ▁ 1 7 3 6 ▁as ▁a ▁town ▁house . ▁According ▁to ▁Hall , ▁it ▁was ▁renov ated ▁or ▁re built ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁it ▁was ▁occupied ▁by ▁a ▁wine ▁merchant . ▁It ▁became ▁the ▁N ant wich ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Manchester ▁and ▁Liverpool ▁District ▁Bank ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 , ▁and ▁under w ent ▁alter ation ▁at ▁this ▁date ;