Deposited Plan No. 9520
Kirkgate: Tenement Building
Details
| Deposited Plan Number: | 9520 |
| Date: | 6 February 1911 |
| Plans Register: | 1909-1911 |
| Street: | Kirkgate |
| Property Name / Number: | Ramsden Tenements |
| Area: | Shorehead |
| District: | Central Ward |
| Town: | Huddersfield |
| Grid Reference: | SE1473216717 |
| Building Project: | Tenement Building |
| Type: | Residential - new building |
| Applicant: | Sir J.W. Ramsden |
| Applicant Address: | Byram Hall |
| Architect: | Arthur Shaw |
| Architect Address: | Estate Office, Station Street, Huddersfield. |
| Status of Project: | Approved |
| Contractor: | Graham & Jessop |
| Contractor Address: | Moldgreen |
| Work Commenced: | 1911 |
| Work Completed: | 1912 |
| Occupants: | no data |
| Subsequent Alterations / History: | Converted with other tenement blocks by Chantry Housing Association. |
| English Heritage Listing: | no data |
| Location of Archives: | Kirklees West Yorkshire Archives |
| Buildings of Huddersfield ID: | 2226 |
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Additional Information
The Ramsden Tenement Buildings provided 48 one room dwellings. Huddersfield Corporation was later to build tenement blocks in Kirkgate (Oldgate). There was a considerable demand for this type of property from working people. Correspondence survives from Major F.W. Beadon, the Ramsden agent indicating the level of demand and his desire to see the properties occupied :
- 27 January 1912 [twelve rooms on the north side are now ready for occupation] and '...I would like to get some people in...'
- 7 March 1912 Block B is now ready for occupation.
- 24 April 1912 '...kindly let me have a certificate for C and D Blocks which I think are now dry and being finished.I want to get the people in next week as I only have five more rooms unlet.'
A shield high up on the building contains the initials of Sir John Frecheville Ramsden and the date 1911.
Location
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The red marker indicates the location of this record. Green and yellow dots are locations of other geotagged records, where yellow means the building was subsequently demolished.
What's Nearby?
The following records are located within 100 meters:
| Record | Distance (feet & meters) | |
|---|---|---|
| Castlegate: Four Cottages and Stable (1869) - plan# 30 | 252ft | 77m |
| Kirkgate: No 37 - 41 | 276ft | 84m |
| Kirkgate: The Palace Theatre (origionaly a Music Hall) (1909) | 278ft | 85m |
| Kirkgate: No 33 and 35 | 301ft | 92m |
| Kirkgate / Beast Market: No 6 | 302ft | 92m |
| Lowerhead Row: Conversion of Warehouse into Shop (1896) - plan# 2480 | 306ft | 93m |
| Clothiers' Arms Yard, Kirkgate: Conversion of Existing Building into Workshop and Store Shed + the erection of 4 WCs (1923) - plan# 13362 | 317ft | 97m |
| Clothiers' Arms Yard, Kirkgate: Conversion of four Back to Back Houses into flats. (1912) - plan# 9988 | 317ft | 97m |
| Clothiers' Arms Yard, Kirkgate: 2 houses, shed etc. (1890) - plan# 2075 | 317ft | 97m |
| Beast Market: New Inn, Boy and Barrel | 325ft | 99m |