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Piece Hall
Hob Uid: 47703
Location : Calderdale Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SE0953025060
Summary : Built 1775 as a cloth market. Restored 20th century.
More information : (SE 09532506) Piece Hall (NAT) (1) 1. 1164 WESTGATE Piece Hall SE 0925 SW 14/225 SE 0925 SE 15/225 3.11.54. I 2. 1775, by Thomas Bradley. Built as a market for cloth. Very large courtyard surrounded by mainly 2-storeyed range of small rooms. Stone with eaves to stone roof. Rusticated piers support 1st floor gallery with Doric colonnade and plain iron balustrade. Arcaded basement to East due to slope of ground. Arched carriage entrances to the north, South and West last with bell turret topped by octagonal dome and weather vane. South entrance has elaborate C19 east iron gates. Plain blind exterior, except for pediments to West and North gateways Latter also having paired Doric pilasters and crowning urn. North front arcaded (partly concealed by buildings). The premises are now used as a vegetable market and the courtyard is cluttered with a number of structures, mostly of timber. A.M. The Piece Hall - scheduled SE 096251 (2-3) SE 096 251 The Piece Hall (or Manufacturer's Hall) Scheduled. (4) SE 0953 2507. The Piece Hall (or Manufacturers' Hall). DeScheduled. (5)

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Source details : OS 1:2500 1963.
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Source details : DOE(HHR) Co.Bor. of Halifax, Nov 1973, 91.
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Source details : DOE (IAM) AM's Engl, 1978 75.
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Source details : Eng Heritage SAMs W Yorks 31-12-87 5
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : English Heritage DeScheduling Amendment 29/8/90
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1775
Monument Type : Cloth Hall
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WY 130 (DeSch)
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 02 NE 27
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Activity type : ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
Start Date : 2013-01-01
End Date : 2013-12-31

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Piece Hall