Folly Hall: Principal mill building at Folly Hall
Details
Deposited Plan Number: | no data |
Date: | 1844 (replacing the earlyer mill building of 1825) |
Plans Register: | no data |
Street: | Folly Hall |
Property Name / Number: | Folly Hall Mill |
Area: | Folly Hall |
District: | Kirklees |
Town: | Huddersfield |
Grid Reference: | SE1418015990 |
Building Project: | Principal mill building at Folly Hall |
Type: | Industrial |
Applicant: | Established by Joseph Kaye |
Applicant Address: | no data |
Architect: | no data |
Architect Address: | no data |
Status of Project: | no data |
Contractor: | Joseph Kaye |
Contractor Address: | Buxtone Road, Huddersfield |
Work Commenced: | no data |
Work Completed: | no data |
Occupants: | no data |
Subsequent Alterations / History: | Existing, Grade II* Listed (29 September 1978) |
English Heritage Listing: | 1134242 — listed on 29 September 1978 (old ID: 339893) |
Location of Archives: | no data |
Buildings of Huddersfield ID: | 3997 |
Additional Information
Early C19. Ashlar fronted. Pitched slate roof. 5 storeys and attics. Moulded eaves cornice. Parapet. 17 ranges of industrial windows with glazing bars.
2 end ranges have round-arched windows and are crowned by boldly moulded pediments.
Central 3 ranges are also crowned by a pediment, in the tympanum of which is a 5-light Venetian window with glazing bars, the outer 2 lights lower than the others. Side elevations have 5 window ranges.
(Extract from English Heritage listed buildings service, record number 339893) http://lbonline.english-heritage.org.uk/BuildingDetailsForm.aspx?id=339893&search=y
The first mill building at folly hall was built in 1825 by local Builder Joseph Kaye but was demolished after it was damaged by a fire and was replaced in 1844 by a new larger mill building which currently occupies the site.
Location
What's Nearby?
Record | Distance (feet & meters) | |
---|---|---|
St. Thomas' Road: Ventre Mill | 164ft | 50m |
Folly Hall: Temporary Shop and Wash Kitchen (1870) - plan# 110 | 196ft | 60m |
Chapel Hill / Folly Hall: Three Shops and House (1870) - plan# 92 | 199ft | 61m |