Deposited Plan No. 1295

Swallow Street: Six dwelling houses

Details

Deposited Plan Number:1295
Date:13 May 1884
Plans Register:1869-1886
Street:Swallow Street
Property Name / Number:no data
Area:no data
District:Central Ward
Town:Huddersfield
Grid Reference:no data
Building Project:Six dwelling houses
Type:Residential - new build
Applicant:James Christie
Applicant Address:no data
Architect:John Kirk & Sons (Architects) [plans received C.H. Limey]
Architect Address:John William Street, Huddersfield & Dewsbury
Status of Project:
Approved - small bedrooms should be ventilated; no sewer in front street, nor in back road; bath waste should discharge into outside traps.
Contractor:no data
Contractor Address:no data
Work Commenced:no data
Work Completed:no data
Occupants:no data
Subsequent Alterations / History:no data
English Heritage Listing:no data
Location of Archives:Kirklees West Yorkshire Archives
Buildings of Huddersfield ID:1249

Additional Information

The plans provide for the building of a terrace of six houses on the northern side of a westerly extension to Swallow Street. James Christie owned a number of properties in the area including dwellings on the south sideof Swallow Street at the junction with Bow Street.

The new properties are planned as mirrored pairs each with a small front garden, and shared steps up to the front doors. A covered passage between the third and fourth dwellings provies access to the rear of the properties. Each pair of dwellings has a two storey extension at the rear of the property with a scullery on the grouond floor and bathroom above. Each roperty has a basement (for Larder and Coals) with an area grate at the front of the dwellings.

Each dwelling comprises :

Basement (part)- larder; coals

Ground - sitting room; living room; scullery

Chamber - three beds; bathroom

Attic - one room