This is the top of Woolshops Halifax. All the buildings in this picture have been demolished, apart from the 'Tudor' style one on the left, which was demolished but then rebuilt.
1969 calendar. The name is said to be unique - an area of Halifax which has undergone marked change in every generation of the past century. \it is the original location of the warehouses and shops of the wool staplers or wool drivers. PH15.
House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…
House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…
House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…
House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…
House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…
House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…
House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…
House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…
Slide 16 - Emerging from the courtyard, we view the mansion from the back, noticing the buttressed chimney-stacks and diagonally formed summits, peculiar to the period.
In taking our leave of Woodsome, the lines from Tennyson can truly be applied…
Slide 13 - On the west side is the Minstrels gallery where in olden times the musicians discoursed music and song, to the assembled guests below, and on the north side are two internal and ancient looking windows, from which it is said, the fair…
Slide 8 - To the right of the fireplace is a fine old clock in oak case, bearing the date1652, and surrounded with the plume and coronet forming the crest of the Legge family.
But the greatest curiosities are the ancient picture boards hung on…
Slide 2 - A flight of steps of ample width leads to a flagged terrace, flanked with an ornamental balustrade of rare beauty, black with age, and covered with pretty creeping plants.
As Canon Hulbert says in his 'Annals of the Church in…
Slide 1 - Well might Woodsome be described as 'one of the most charming old places in Yorkshire'
A carriage drive through an avenue of trees brings us to the front of the ancient mansion. Taking our stand on the graveled path on the east side of the…
Slide 10 - On the other side, are the armorial bearings of the families of Yorkshire related to the Kayes, divided down the middle into two columns of twenty eight each.
Slide 9 - The two following slides show the same board, in detail. One shows a portrait of John Kaye, surmounted by the coat of arms, and surrounded by various devices.
Slide 12 - We now ascend an oak staircase and enter the principal bedrooms, likewise wainscoted in oak. One of these rooms contains a fine old oak four posted bedstead elaborately carved, purchased by Lord Dartmouth at accost of £250.