Dating to 1823 the lock-up is a small two-storey building with coursed sandstone walls and stone slate roof. The roof covering and drainage is in very poor condition. North Halifax Historic Buildings Preservation Trust hopes to acquire the building by asset transfer from the Local Authority. A condition survey and options appraisal has been completed with grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund and a schedule of repair has been developed with grant from Historic England. A working party, organised by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, has carried out some holding repairs.Dating to 1823 the lock-up is a small two-storey building with coursed sandstone walls and stone slate roof. The roof covering and drainage is in very poor condition. North Halifax Historic Buildings Preservation Trust hopes to acquire the building by asset transfer from the Local Authority. A condition survey and options appraisal has been completed with grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund and a schedule of repair has been developed with grant from Historic England. A working party, organised by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, has carried out some holding repairs.
Dating to 1823 the lock-up is a small two-storey building with coursed sandstone walls and stone slate roof. The roof covering and drainage is in very poor condition. North Halifax Historic Buildings Preservation Trust hopes to acquire the building by asset transfer from the Local Authority. A condition survey and options appraisal has been completed with grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund and a schedule of repair has been developed with grant from Historic England. A working party, organised by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, has carried out some holding repairs.

Heritage At Risk Register: Here are 13 of Calderdale's buildings on Historic England's At Risk Register 2023

By Abigail Kellett
Published 28th Nov 2023, 06:00 BST
Updated 29th Nov 2023, 11:25 BST
Some of Calderdale’s most historic buildings and landmarks are at risk of being lost forever.

Every year Historic England produce a health-check of England’s most valued historic places and those most at risk of being lost forever as a result of neglect, decay or inappropriate development.

The list includes buildings and monuments that are at risk of falling into disrepair through disuse or inappropriate development.

Here are 13 of Calderdale’s buildings and monuments that are on Historic England’s Heritage At Risk Register 2023.

Some of the pictures are of the general area of the landmark for illustrative purposes.

24 pictures showing how the A629 in and out of Halifax has changed since major works started

41 photos that will take you back to 1960s in Halifax and Calderdale

21 nostalgic pictures showing life in Calderdale in the 1980s

Here are 13 of Calderdale’s buildings and monuments that are on Historic England’s Heritage At Risk Register 2023.

Early C19 Gothic church, with additions by Richard Norman Shaw. The north slope of the roof was re-covered in 2016 with the support of a National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant for Places of Worship. A further NLHF grant for the re-covering of the south roof slope has been withdrawn, although some urgent repairs have been carried out.

5. Church of St James, Church Lane, Hebden Royd

Early C19 Gothic church, with additions by Richard Norman Shaw. The north slope of the roof was re-covered in 2016 with the support of a National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant for Places of Worship. A further NLHF grant for the re-covering of the south roof slope has been withdrawn, although some urgent repairs have been carried out. Photo: Charles Round

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Early C19 Gothic church, with additions by Richard Norman Shaw. The north slope of the roof was re-covered in 2016 with the support of a National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant for Places of Worship. A further NLHF grant for the re-covering of the south roof slope has been withdrawn, although some urgent repairs have been carried out.

6. Church of St James, Church Lane, Hebden Royd

Early C19 Gothic church, with additions by Richard Norman Shaw. The north slope of the roof was re-covered in 2016 with the support of a National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant for Places of Worship. A further NLHF grant for the re-covering of the south roof slope has been withdrawn, although some urgent repairs have been carried out. Photo: Google Street View

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Large Gothic Revival Commissioners' Church built in 1853 to 1854. Some roofs in poor condition. A National Lottery Heritage Fund Grants for Places of Worship Repair grant was accepted in 2018 and repairs have been carried out to the south arcade and the roofs, masonry and rainwater goods of the tower and Lady Chapel. A further phase of roof repair is planned.

7. Christ Church, Church Lane, Mount Pellon

Large Gothic Revival Commissioners' Church built in 1853 to 1854. Some roofs in poor condition. A National Lottery Heritage Fund Grants for Places of Worship Repair grant was accepted in 2018 and repairs have been carried out to the south arcade and the roofs, masonry and rainwater goods of the tower and Lady Chapel. A further phase of roof repair is planned. Photo: Bruce Fitzgerald

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This scheduled monument is in a condition that is "generally unsatisfactory with major localised problems"

8. Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260 metres south of Park Farm

This scheduled monument is in a condition that is "generally unsatisfactory with major localised problems" Photo: Google Street View

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