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£76,000 for this Gothic terrace



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Published Date: 03 March 2008
THE crumbling remains of a 19th-century terrace, valued at less than £30,000, has been sold at auction – for £76,000.
Calderdale Council will put the proceeds from Wainhouse Terrace, Halifax, towards the £350,000 needed for repairing nearby Wainhouse Tower.

The back-to-back houses built in the late 1800s by Edward Wainhouse were pulled down by the council in 1978.

All that remains is the basements and a 200ft ornate terrace with panoramic views of the Calder Valley.

But the Gothic-style listed structure cannot be dramatically altered and there is no vehicular access.

Under the terms of the sale, the new owner has three years to carry out still more repairs or the council will buy back the property.

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  • Last Updated: 03 March 2008 7:56 AM
  • Source: Evening Courier
  • Location: Halifax
 
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Peter Avinou,

Elland 03/03/2008 08:27:26
Can you believe it!
Next news there'll be a planning application for a Skyscraper, Wind Generator or maybe a Radio Mast.
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whinger,

hx 03/03/2008 09:46:03
i know i'm sad but a big chunk of my childhood was spent re-enacting battles and such in what we called 'tatie tower'. ah! happy memories.
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ShenegarTrott,

03/03/2008 15:48:37
aye,- I also spent many hour running around tatie tower, and probably annoying the folk that were living there at the time. It says only the basements remain, but if I remember rightly, the row just below the balustrade on the picture is actually the front doors of the houses on the lower level, - those built on top being demolished.
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Jimbo Jones,

03/03/2008 16:10:14
Oooh, I had no idea that there used to be houses on the Terrace, being born in 1979. I always wondered what the point of it was.
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SMS,

Hx 03/03/2008 21:08:03
Does the council buy it back at £30,000, the £76,000 paid for it, or the market value in three years' time? We should be told!
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edwin turner,

sowerby bridge 03/03/2008 22:07:35
they should have demolished i "accidentally" when
reshaping the junction----problem solved
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Bob Tash,

Club Lane 04/03/2008 04:19:42
Its going to be a Bar and Restaurant with the listed parts being enclosed in glass like they did at the Building Society,they are negotiations with the council to buy some adjacent land for car parking another bar
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