Deposited Plan No. 11027
St. Andrew's Road: Ten Through Houses and Shop
Details
| Deposited Plan Number: | 11027 |
| Date: | 4 February 1915 |
| Plans Register: | 1914-1916 |
| Street: | St. Andrew's Road |
| Property Name / Number: | no data |
| Area: | North |
| District: | Central Ward |
| Town: | Huddersfield |
| Grid Reference: | no data |
| Building Project: | Ten Through Houses and Shop |
| Type: | Residential - new build |
| Applicant: | Read Holliday Sons / British Dyes Ltd. |
| Applicant Address: | no data |
| Architect: | no data |
| Architect Address: | no data |
| Status of Project: | Approved |
| Contractor: | no data |
| Contractor Address: | no data |
| Work Commenced: | no data |
| Work Completed: | no data |
| Occupants: | no data |
| Subsequent Alterations / History: | See amended plans 11027 |
| English Heritage Listing: | no data |
| Location of Archives: | Kirklees West Yorkshire Archives |
| Buildings of Huddersfield ID: | 2312 |
Additional Information
See 11027A
Read Hollidays expanded production to meet wartime needs, gradually taking over most of the available land in and around St Andrew's Road. The company began on a site near the gasworks, where dyestuffs were extracted from waste coal tar products. With the outbreak of war in 1914,REad Hollidays converted the plant to the production of chemicals for explosives. During the Great War, in order to control supplies, British Dyes was established. This was later to become ICI. As the demand grew, all the available land on St Andrrew's Road was occupied by Hollidays or other manufacturers undertaking to supply the War Office. A new site was found further along Leeds Road, which allowed for long-term expansion, a site still occupied by chemical plant.