The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
A long, straggling and many-gabled block of buildings, crumbling rapidly to decay. The sketch represents the courtyard in the centre of the ancient pile. …
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The architecture has unique features and an interesting history attaches to the house. From the latter part of the 13th century the Rysshworth family had…
1969 calendar. Claremount, Halifax is a scene typical of the area known as Beaumont Town - 19th century cottage property with setted highway and flagged pavements. At the fall of the slope is St Thomas's School. PH15.
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Now used as a farm house. It was fitted up after the death in 1724 of Mr John Wheelwright, the founder of Rishworth Grammar School, as a boarding house…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
In past years the home was solely occupied by a wealthy and influential clothier or yeoman, but today the building is split up into a farmhouse and a number…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The fact that most local townships have a Great House lends confirmation to the idea that at some time they were used as minor manor homes. The Midgley…
PH15. 1969 calendar. Demolished in 1967 it was described as possibly the only complete example in Halifax of a terrace in the Regency style. The Regency influence was confined to the arch over the doorway, though the windows were originally small…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Near Hill House lane. It as a fine old homestead, charming in its appearance of antiquity and beautifully situated. Small leaded windows are set in its…