Deposited Plan No. 1281

Kirkgate: Offices

Details

Deposited Plan Number:1281
Date:8 May 1902
Plans Register:1900-1905
Street:Kirkgate
Property Name / Number:no data
Area:Huddersfield Town Centre
District:Central Ward
Town:Huddersfield
Grid Reference:no data
Building Project:Offices
Type:no data
Applicant:Joseph Taylor & Sons
Applicant Address:no data
Architect:W. Cooper
Architect Address:4, Kirkgate Buildings
Status of Project:
Approved
Contractor:Law Stead & Sons (Builders)
Contractor Address:Hillhouse Road, Huddersfield
Work Commenced:May 1902
Work Completed:Autumn 1902
Occupants:Joseph Taylor & Sons (iron & steel merchants)
Subsequent Alterations / History:Demolished. On the site currently occupied by Oldgate House.
English Heritage Listing:no data
Location of Archives:Kirklees West Yorkshire Archives
Buildings of Huddersfield ID:1979

Additional Information

Single storey building with basement cotaining General Office, Private Office, Waiting Room and W.C.s. Adjoins the warehouse by the same architect (See Deposited Plans 391,8 December 1898). The elevation to Kirkgate is stone faced with ashlar dressings, plain, a centrally placed door with four windows on either side of the symmetrical facade. The drawings show thta the warehoue for the storage of iron had been modified in the building process, making it appear grander than orignally envisaged. There are doors for public access on either side of the large central warehouse doors , and theese are surmounted ny a pediment. The roof of the new building is covered with blue slates as as the warehouse.