Westgate: Westgate House

Details

Deposited Plan Number:no data
Date:Mid 19th Century (rebuilt in 1923)
Plans Register:no data
Street:Westgate
Property Name / Number:No 5, Westgate House
Area:Town Centre, HD1 1NP
District:Kirklees
Town:Huddersfield
Grid Reference:SE1443916725
Building Project:Westgate House
Type:Commercial
Applicant:no data
Applicant Address:no data
Architect:Pascal J. Steinlet
Architect Address:Newcastle
Status of Project:no data
Contractor:no data
Contractor Address:no data
Work Commenced:no data
Work Completed:no data
Occupants:Ernest Clough (Gents' outfitter)
Subsequent Alterations / History:Existing, Front rebuilt in 1923 by Steinlet of Newcastle, Grade II Listed (29 September 1978)
English Heritage Listing:1224852 — listed on 29 September 1978 (old ID: 421010)
Location of Archives:no data
Buildings of Huddersfield ID:3979

Additional Information

Mid C19. Ashlar to rear. Front rebuilt in 1923 by Steinlet of Newcastle.

Steel framed, with bronze cladding. 4 storeys. Eaves entablature with deeply projecting modillioned cornice and frieze, with "Westgate House" in sans-cerifs.

Shopfront with prismatic glass mirrored structural members and wooden glazing bars. 2 very shallow canted oriels with glazing bars running through upper

3 storeys on both north and east fronts. Spacs between windows filled with moulded panels, cartouches and tiny applied Ionic columns. One range of mid

C19 sashes with moulded heads to Chancery Lane.

(Extract from English Heritage listed buildings service, record number 421010) http://lbonline.english-heritage.org.uk/BuildingDetailsForm.aspx?id=421010&search=y

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:
RecordDistance (feet & meters)
Westgate / New Street: West Yorkshire Bank Building (1912)71ft22m
Chancery Lane: No 5 - 977ft23m
Market Place: No 4 and 693ft28m
John William Street: No 1 - 9119ft36m
Westgate: The Byram Arcade 10 - 18 (1880)125ft38m
Westgate: New Arcade (Byram Arcade) (1878) - plan# 700130ft40m
Brooks Yard: Premises of F McShane Limited145ft44m
John William Street: No 11 - 15156ft47m
Chancery Lane: No 14158ft48m
New Street: New Bank Buildings (1870) - plan# 123163ft50m
Market Place: Jubilee Memorial Fountain (1887) - plan# 1701168ft51m
Brooks Yard: No 4169ft51m
Brooks Yard: No 2198ft60m
Market Place: Market Cross (1671)198ft60m
Chancery Lane: No 13199ft61m
Station Street: No 1 - 7199ft61m
Westgate: Ramsden Estate Offices (& adjoining buildings) (1870) - plan# 142205ft63m
Market Street: No 1 and 3 (1913)216ft66m
Market Street: No 5 and 7218ft67m
New Street: No 2 - 14 (1770)232ft71m
Market Street: No 9239ft73m
Market Place: No 7 and 9243ft74m
Station Street: No 9 - 13261ft80m
Station Street: Station Street Buildings 12275ft84m
Kirkgate & Market Place: Alterations to shop (1884) - plan# 1296277ft84m
Kirkgate: New shop front (1887) - plan# 1603277ft84m
Kirkgate: No 4277ft84m
Kirkgate: New shop front (1886) - plan# 1567 277ft84m
John William Street: No 17 - 37287ft87m
Market Place: No 27 (Williams' and Glynn's Bank) (1860)288ft88m
Kirkgate: No 6295ft90m
Kirkgate: No 8308ft94m
New Street / Cloth Hall Street: Addition of new Managers office and W.C.s to Bank (1898) - plan# 168313ft95m
Battye's Yard: Re building warehouse (1884) - plan# 1342317ft97m
New Street: No 1 - 11322ft98m
New Street: New Facade to Shop (1898) - plan# 324322ft98m
Kirkgate: No 10 and 12322ft98m
Byram Street: No 4322ft98m
Westgate: No 28 - 32324ft99m
Railway Street: Ramsden Estate Office (1871) 325ft99m
New Street: Rebuilding of the "Boot and Shoe Inn" (1898) - plan# [277)327ft100m
New Street: Rebuilding of the "Boot and Shoe Inn" (1898) - plan# 277 327ft100m
Railway Street: No 2 - 6327ft100m