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Keighley Town Hall

Keighley Town Hall is an early 20th century municipal building in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building. History After the town was incorporated as a municipal borough in July 1882, the borough council initially met in the offices of the local board of health in Low Bridge in Keighley. After finding that these offices were too cramped, civic leaders decided to procure a new town hall: the site they selected in Bow Street had previously been occupied by a large timber yard. Construction of the new building began in 1900. It was designed by John Haggas in the Renaissance style, and the council chamber was officially opened by the mayor, Councillor Henry Crofts Longsdon with a golden key in 1901. The rest of the building was not actually fully completed until 1902. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of three bays facing Bow Street, with a further bay curving round into Town Hall Street on the left; there was a round-headed doorway in the right hand bay on the ground floor; there was also an oriel window in the bay curving round on the first floor, with cross-windows on the second floor and an Ipswich window on the third floor and there was a pediment contain the town's coat of arms at roof level. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber which was panelled and decorated with coats of arms. The borough council subsequently acquired a large stone yard to the north of the town hall in order to create Town Hall Square. A war memorial, designed by Henry Charles Fehr was erected in the middle of the square and unveiled by General Sir Charles Harrington on 7 December 1924. In 1942, during the Second World War, a ceremony took place in Town Hall Square to commemorate the borough's fund raising achievements during Warship Week and its adoption of the destroyer HMS Marne. The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Keighley Borough Council but it ceased to be the local seat of government on the formation of the enlarged Bradford City Council in 1974. After a campaign for greater local democracy, the town hall became the meeting place for the new town council which was formed in April 2002. The town council received criticism from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, when members of the public were ejected from the town hall for filming proceedings in July 2013. Captain Sir Tom Moore attended a ceremony to receive the honorary freedom of the town in Town Hall Square in July 2020. The building is used by Bradford City Council to offer a variety of services including a register office. See also Listed buildings in Keighley References
Boston Hall, Boston Spa

Boston Hall is a Grade II listed neo-classical house in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England. History The main part of the house was completed in 1807, although there are subsequent later additions. The house was Grade II listed on 30 March 1966 (List Entry Number 1135046); the listing stated that it was made of "Ashlar magnesian limestone" with a "stone slate roof" and consisted of three stories, a two-storey rear wing and an attached wall. At that time, the house was being used as a store selling furniture. In 1939 Boston Hall was the home of Charles H. Roe and his wife Kathleen. Later, for many years, the house was used as offices by the Ogden Group. In 2013, planning permission was sought to return the building to residential use after the purchase of the property by former England and Yorkshire cricketer, Geoffrey Boycott. The plan was approved. In 2019, the property was listed for sale by Boycott because he and his wife Rachel planned to move to the Cheshire area where their daughter was residing. A report at that time indicated that the property consisted of four elements, each with its own entrance: "the main house, the west wing, the cottage and the flat". Features included 11 bedrooms, several reception rooms and a huge eat-in kitchen. Architecture The house has two storeys and is built out of squared magnesian limestone with five bays to the main part, it has a pitched slate roof. The west wing of the house is of three storeys and has two bays. See also Listed buildings in Boston Spa References External links Media related to Boston Hall, Boston Spa at Wikimedia Commons
Boston Spa Methodist Church

Boston Spa Methodist Church is an active Methodist Church of Great Britain church in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England. The church is Grade II listed, having been designated so on 30 April 1982. History The church dates from 1846 and was built to a design by Atkinson of York. The foundation stone was laid November 1846; the church dedicated October 1847. The debt incurred for construction of £1000 building debt was satisfied in 1863. The first preacher was George Macdonald who became grandfather to Stanley Baldwin and Rudyard Kipling. Architecture Exterior The church is built of magnesian limestone and has a pitched Welsh slate roof and is of an Italianate style. The building has two storeys with the gable to the front. There are steps at the front. There is a small lean-to extension dating from 1986. Interior The fittings include pine box pews and a semi-octagonal pulpit. There is a round-arched recess for organ to the rear which contains a wooden organ by Harrison and Harrison. See also Listed buildings in Boston Spa References External links Boston Spa Methodist Church
St Mary's in the Wood Church, Morley

St Mary's in the Wood Church is a United Reformed Church place of worship in Morley, West Yorkshire, England. The church built in 1876-78 on the site of a medieval church was already redundant when partially destroyed by a fire in 2010; its previous Sunday School building was known as St Mary's in the Wood Church from 2010, until being sold to Leeds City Council in 2023. As of 2025 the small but active congregation of St Mary's in the Wood Church meets in the Wesley Room of Morley's Central Methodist Church. History There had been a church on the site, now at the meeting of Troy Road and Commercial Road, at the time of the Domesday Book, and parts of a 13th century chapel survived in the building in the 1830s, then known as "The Old Chapel". There was major building work in the 1860s, but by 1875 the congregation had outgrown the building and it was demolished replaced by a new church, designed by Lockwood and Mawson and built at a cost of £7000, which opened in 1878. It is grade II listed although now largely destroyed. The Parsonage of the Old Chapel had been on a separate plot of land, on Commercial Street, and was also demolished in 1875. Between 1898 and 1900 a new Sunday School was built on that site. It is now a grade II listed building, listed as "St Mary's in the Wood Church Hall". In 2008 the congregation was too small for the church, and sold it to a developer who planned to build a hotel on the site. The congregation moved to the Sunday School building, which was then renamed as the church. The church sat derelict until 2010, when a fire destroyed large parts of the church, leaving only the spire and burnt out parts of the former building remaining. In 2023, Leeds City Council purchased the former Sunday School building, then known as the church, for use as a "learning and skills centre" operated by the Luminate Education Group, as part of a wider development scheme known as Morley Town Deal, with funding from the government's Town's Fund. The congregation held their final service in the former Sunday School in September 2023, and as of 2025 are meeting for worship in the Wesley Room of Morley Central Methodist Church. Graveyard The graveyard includes many grade II listed memorials, dating from 1667 to 1740 and including the Scatcherd Mausoleum, grave slabs and chest tombs. Gallery See also Listed buildings in Morley, West Yorkshire References Further reading Carr, Frederick H.; Priestley, S. G. (1950). St Mary's in the Wood Congregational Church 1650-1950 (PDF). External links Media related to Former St Mary's in the Wood Church, Morley at Wikimedia Commons Official website Exploring the Abandoned St Mary in the Wood church Morley, 2024 YouTube video of unofficial visit St Mary in the Wood Churchyard Record of 958 gravestones at Find a Grave
St Peter's Church, Stanley, West Yorkshire

St Peter's Church in Stanley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England was a Church of England church. The church opened in 1824, closed in 2001 and after falling into disrepair was demolished in 2014. History The church was built between 1821 and 1824 by a design to Peter Atkinson Junior and was rebuilt between 1911 and 1913. The original construction costs were £12,000. Much of the building was destroyed in a fire on 18 February 1911, which left only the walls standing. The church was rebuilt and opened in July 1913. Use in television The church was used as the interior and crypt of the 'Parish Church of St Matthew' in The Beiderbecke Affair. The exterior were filmed however in St Mark's Church in Woodhouse, Leeds. Architectural style Exterior The church was of ashlar with a Welsh slate roof. There were twin four stage octagonal towers to the west side of and the church had a six-bay nave and a two-bay nave. A vestry was later added to the south side of the church. There was an external access to the crypt. Interior There is a tall nave with six-bay arcades. The aisle and chancel roofs had wooden vaulting. There was a south chapel which sat separate to the main chapel. The church had a carved stone fault with an oak cover added in 1916 and a decorated tracery with a crocketed spire. Closure and demolition After the diocese of Wakefield realised it would require £1 million of repairs to make the building safe the decision was taken to close the church in 2001. After a deal between the diocese and a developer fell through and a public consultation took place a decision was taken to demolish the building. Campaigners fought to preserve the building and called for Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles to order a public inquiry, however this wasn't to happen. The Victorian Society and the Ancient Monuments Society also called for the buildings preservation. A controversy arose after 16 misericords depicting the 16 stages of creation carved by HP Jackson in the 1920s were removed by contractors and later turned up on eBay and at a London dealer. Relocation The church relocated to its former church centre on Lake Lock Road in December 2001. The current premises are much smaller than the original church. References External links British Listed Buildings Church of St Peter Youtube - The demolition of stanley st peters church St Peters Church and Centre, Wakefield
Callywith College

Callywith College is a further education college in Bodmin, Cornwall. The first all-new college in the UK for 20 years, it was created with the assistance of Truro and Penwith College to serve students aged 16–19 from mid, north and east Cornwall, and opened in September 2017. History League tables of educational results for 16- to 19-year-olds in Cornwall indicated that where students did not have easy access to either of Truro and Penwith College’s major campuses then outcomes for those students suffered. As 1500 students from mid and north Cornwall already spent between an hour and two hours each-way on a bus to reach the Truro College campus every day, the building of a new campus or college further north in Cornwall would reduce the time these students needed to spend travelling. This led to a consultation period, where Truro and Penwith College sought the views of the local community and received feedback and input from parents and students who might be hoping to attend the proposed college. It was announced in February 2016 that Callywith College would be a free school under the EFA national funding formula, and supported by Truro and Penwith College. The college opened in September 2017. Callywith College came to national attention in February 2019 when staff and 400 students had to spend a night in the college due to snow. Courses and admissions The college offers 30 A Levels, 13 vocational Level 3 Extended Diplomas, five Level 2 Progression courses and a Level 1 Progression course. Results In 2019 there was a 100% pass rates across all A Levels and Extended Diplomas. On 27 A Level courses, 83% scored grade A*-C. Subjects including A Level biology, chemistry, maths, Spanish, photography, fine art, geography and psychology saw over 50% of students achieving A*-B. In 2020 A Level students at the college achieved a 99.3% overall pass rate overall, with 83% of entries being awarded A*-C grades. Extended Diploma students achieved a 100% pass rate with 44% achieving distinction grades or higher. In 2020 it was rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted and the top sixth form college in England by the Department for Education’s Education and Skills Funding Agency. References External links Callywith College website Callywith College consultation booklet Ofsted Inspection Report, 2020
St Joseph's Church, Maidenhead

St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It was built in 1884 and designed by Leonard Stokes in the Gothic Revival style. It is located on the Cookham Road north of the town centre. It is a Grade II listed building and William Wilberforce junior played a role in its foundation. History Construction In 1850, William Wilberforce junior, the son of William Wilberforce, converted to Catholicism. In 1867, he established a mission in Maidenhead by installing a chapel in a property at St Ives Place. In 1871, a Catholic school began in the area. In 1879, the site for the current church was bought. The architect Leonard Stokes was commissioned to design the church. In August 1884, construction on the church started. The total cost of building the church, school and presbytery was £6,025 and the church itself was £3,018. In December 1884, the church was opened. Developments From 1913 to 1914, the church was extended. The sanctuary, sacristy, transepts and the church tower were added. Leonard Stokes designed the additions, but to new designs. In 1963, plans were made to further extend the church. In 1965, construction of the extension to the west of the church was completed. The architect was Max G. Cross of the architectural firm Geens Cross & Sims from Bournemouth and the builders were Halfacre & Young. In 1985, the old presbytery was replaced by a new house and the parish centre was opened. The parish centre was designed by Daniel Lelliott Krauze. From 2004 to 2006, repairs were made to the church. Parish St Joseph's Church is a parish with St Elizabeth's Church in Cookham. There are four Sunday Masses at St Joseph's Church at 6:30pm on Saturday and at 8:00am, 9:15am and 11:00am on Sunday. See also Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth References External links Official website
Loftus Town Hall

Loftus Town Hall is a municipal building in Water Lane in Loftus, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which accommodates the offices and meeting place of Loftus Town Council, is a grade II listed building. History Following significant industrial growth, largely associated with the iron mining industry, a local board was established in Loftus in 1876. In this context, Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland, whose seat was at Aske Hall, decided to commission a town hall for the town. The new building was designed by Edward Robert Robson in the Gothic Revival style, built by Thomas Dickinson of Saltburn-by-the-Sea in ashlar stone at a cost of £4,500 and was completed in 1879. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of two bays facing onto Water Lane. The left-hand bay featured a pointed doorway with a hood mould on the ground floor, and a cross-window with ogee-shaped heads on the first floor. Above the left-hand bay, there was a two-stage octagonal tower with a single window with tracery in the first stage, and clock faces in the second stage, all surmounted by a castellated parapet, a conical roof and a finial. Although clock faces were installed on the north, east and west elevations, there was no clock face to the south as residents in that direction refused to subscribe to the cost. The hour-striking Town Hall clock was manufactured by Potts & Sons of Leeds. The right-hand bay was fenestrated by three cross-windows with ogee-shaped heads on the ground floor and by a large mullioned and transomed window flanked by two smaller windows on the first floor, all surmounted by a gable. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber on the ground floor. The area became an urban district, with the town hall as its meeting place, in 1894. Rooms in the building were requisitioned for military use during the First and Second World Wars. The urban district council acquired ownership of the town hall from the Zetland family for £2,000 in 1948, but it ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Langbaurgh Borough Council was formed in 1974. After local authority budget cuts threatened closure of the building, Loftus Town Council took over responsibility for the maintenance of the building in 1992 and secured money Heritage Lottery Fund for its refurbishment. References
Ayuntamiento de Weston-super-Mare

El Ayuntamiento de Weston-super-Mare es un edificio municipal situado en Walliscote Grove Road en la localidad de Weston-super-Mare, en el condado inglés de Somerset (Reino Unido). El edificio, que es la sede del Consejo de North Somerset, es un monumento clasificado de Grado II.​ Historia Después de que se nombraran comisionados de la ciudad en 1842, una de sus primeras acciones fue identificar un lugar de reunión adecuado: inicialmente se reunieron en el antiguo Plough Hotel en High Street y luego, a partir de 1848, en la Capilla Wesleyana.​ Al considerar que esta ubicación era inadecuada, decidieron adquirir un ayuntamiento a medida: el sitio que seleccionaron estaba en una parte de la ciudad en rápido desarrollo, cerca de la nueva estación de tren propuesta de Weston-super-Mare.​ Sin embargo, después de que el secretario municipal declaró un interés personal en la tierra y surgieron preocupaciones sobre la probidad de la transacción, el rector local, el Venerable Henry Law, adquirió la tierra él mismo y la regaló a los comisionados de la ciudad.​ El nuevo edificio fue diseñado por James Wilson en estilo italiano, construido a un costo de £ 3000 y terminado en 1856.​ El diseño original consistía en una fachada principal simétrica con tres tramos que daban a Walliscote Grove Road (la sección izquierda de la estructura actual); la parte central presentaba una entrada arqueada con un elaborado frontón tallado con ventanas gemelas de cabeza redonda en el primer piso y un óculo arriba.​ El ayuntamiento se amplió hacia el norte a lo largo de Walliscote Grove Road según un diseño de Hans Price en 1897: la sección central, que se proyectaba hacia adelante, incluía una puerta cochera porticada con cuatro ventanas redondas en el primer piso, flanqueada por columnas de orden corintio, y un frontón arriba.​ También incluía una alta torre del reloj, alejada del frente del edificio,​​ con campanas fundidas por Llewellyns de Bristol.​ En 1927 se completó la sección derecha, que se construyó en un estilo que armonizaba con la sección izquierda original y que se extendía a lo largo de Oxford Street.​ Internamente, la sala principal de la nueva ampliación era la nueva cámara del consejo.​ El edificio continuó sirviendo como sede del consejo municipal de Weston-super-Mare y siguió siendo la sede del gobierno local después de que se formó el consejo de distrito ampliado de Woodspring en 1974.​ Se construyó una gran extensión moderna de ladrillo rojo detrás del ayuntamiento para su uso por el Consejo del Distrito de Woodspring en la década de 1970.​ Luego, el ayuntamiento se convirtió en la sede de la nueva autoridad unitaria para el área, el Consejo de North Somerset, en 1996.​ Willmott Dixon renovó y mejoró profusamente la ampliación de la década de 1970 a un costo de £ 10 millones, según un diseño de Alec French Architects, para facilitar el trabajo de planta abierta y crear una nueva biblioteca de distrito en 2012.​​​ Además, se construyó un nuevo mostrador de consultas policiales establecido en el ayuntamiento en 2013.​​ Referencias Enlaces externos
Yarm Viaduct

Das Yarm-Viadukt ist eine 690 m lange, zweigleisige Eisenbahnbrücke über das Flusstal des Tees in der Stadt Yarm im Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, in der zeremoniellen Grafschaft North Yorkshire, England. Die Brücke besteht aus 43 Bogen und überragt die angrenzende städtische Bebauung. Ihr Anblick dominiert die kleine Stadt Yarm. Das Viadukt wurde 1852 eröffnete, es steht gemäß Grade II unter Denkmalschutz. Geschichte 1847 begann die Eisenbahngesellschaft „Leeds and Thirsk Railway“ mit dem Bau einer Eisenbahnverbindung von Northallerton nach Stockton-on-Tees. Die Eisenbahnlinie verbindet seitdem die Hafenstadt Hartlepool sowie die Industriestädte von Stockton und Middlesbrough mit dem Eisenbahnnetz in Richtung nach York und Leeds. Die Bauarbeiten am Viadukt begannen 1848 und dauerten vier Jahre, die Kosten betrugen £44.500. An einem der Pfeiler befindet sich eine große Steintafel, die die Namen von Thomas Grainger und John Bourne als verantwortliche Bauingenieure trägt. Grainger starb zwei Monate nach der Eröffnung tragisch bei einem Eisenbahnunfall in Stockton-on-Tees. Der technische Zustand des Viadukts wird regelmäßig überprüft. 2001 wurde das Bauwerk teilweise eingerüstet und es fanden umfangreiche Arbeiten statt, um Schwingungen zu reduzieren und Rissbildungen zu sanieren. Zuletzt wurden 2022 erneut Risse im Mauerwerk festgestellt und es wurden Maßnahmen zur Absicherung des Bauwerks erarbeitet. Beschreibung des Bauwerks Das Viadukt erstreckt sich in Nord-Süd-Richtung über die Stadt Yarm und kreuzt den Fluss Tees. Das nördliche Ende der Brücke liegt auf dem Gebiet der Nachbargemeinde Egglescliffe. Das Bauwerk besteht aus 43 Bogen, wovon 41 eine Spannweite von 12 m haben und aus roten Ziegelsteinen gemauert sind. Zwei Bogen mit einem schiefen Gewölbe haben eine Weite von 20 m, sie bestehen aus Natursteinen, an dieser Stelle wird der Fluss Tees gekreuzt. Insgesamt wurden 7,5 Mio. Ziegelsteine für das Bauwerk benötigt. Unfälle 1855, als sich der Bahnhof von Yarm noch am nördlichen Ende des Viadukts befand, kam ein nach Süden fahrender Zug im Bahnhof zu spät zum Halt, so dass er teilweise bereits auf der Brücke stand. Es war dunkel, ein Reisender stieg am Kopfende des Zugs aus, er erkannte die Situation nicht und stürzte über die Brücke in den Tod. 1997 entgleiste bei einem nach Süden fahrenden Güterzug ein mit Schotter beladener Wagon kurz vor der Brücke. Auf der Brücke verlor der Wagon einen Teil seiner Fracht, die auf die darunterliegenden Grundstücke fiel. Weblinks Einzelnachweise
Howley Bridge

The Howley Bridge is a pedestrian footbridge which spans the River Mersey in Warrington, England. It connects Howley in Warrington to Victoria Park in Latchford. The bridge was constructed in 1912 (1912) by the London-based David Rowell & Co. It is a suspension bridge, constructed primarily of wrought iron with steel suspension cables and a timber-planked walkway. The bridge is similar in construction, appearance and properties to other bridges made by the company, such as Daly's Bridge. The Howley Bridge also shares the shakiness for which Daly's Bridge is known. The bridge received maintenance during the construction of the Warrington Flood defences. The bridge is a registered Grade II listed building. References