Description
The building on the right was the Heptonstall Co-operative Industrial Society - built on the site of 7 former cottages on Church Street. The Co-op was established in 1860, in rented premises and moved into a new shop in 1866. Note the glass structure which makes up the roof the room beneath which was used as the preactice room for Heptonstall band. Today the site is part of Weaver's Square.
On the left-hand side of Towngate, directly opposite the Co-op, is the White Lion Hotel.