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