Description

HALIFAX

SE 0623 BOLTON BROW
(South side)
1330- /13/10003

The Former Sunday School

GV II

Former Sunday School, now works, 1882-83, Designed by C F L Horsfall of Leeds, Coursed stone with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate and glass roof North street facade has projecting central centrepiece with 2 round headed doorways in moulded ashlar surrounds with plank double doors and paired Doric columns between, Either side single Doric columns and pilasters supporting decorated entablature, Above central 2-light round headed window, now blocked, flanked by plain pilasters supporting large pediment with central circular plaque. Set back either side single round headed 2-light windows with plain sashes, above single rectangular plain plaques and above again entablature and moulded parapet. Outer paired giant pilasters topped with parapet blocks. Interior has very unusual wooden roof with steel ties. Double hammer beam roof with carved bosses and semi-circular central section glazed throughout. Included for group value with former Non-Conformist Chapel to east, Calder House to west and Sowerby Canal Basin buildings to south.

Listing NGR: SE0649423763

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558279

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)