The Dewsbury Reporter celebrates as twelve historic Dewsbury buildings have been listed and one upgraded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England, giving them greater protection and recognition.
image for illustration: Dewsbury Town Hall by David Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0
… The town was an early adopter of mass recycling…
Dewsbury Reporter writes:
The new listings follow recent research carried out by Historic England, which reveal the town’s significance as an international centre for recycled cloth during the Industrial Revolution.
At the end of the 18th century Dewsbury’s population was only around 1,000, but by 1851 it had grown to more than 14,000 thanks to the rapid development of its textile industry. The town was an early adopter of mass recycling, specialising in the production of two types of yarn – known as shoddy and mungo – which were made from rags…
The new listings are part of the Dewsbury Heritage Action Zone, a five-year project with Kirklees Council aimed at re-energising the town centre through the restoration and reuse of its historic buildings…
Here are the new listed buildings in Dewsbury:
The Town Hall – upgraded to Grade II
Built between 1886 and 1889 by well-known local architects Henry Holtom and George Arthur Fox…
18, 20 and 22 Bond Street – listed at Grade II
These three buildings were all constructed as warehouses in Italian Renaissance style between 1862-71…
Former Fox Auctioneers, 2-4 Grove Street – listed at Grade II
The former Fox’s auctioneers at 2-4 Grove Street was designed by John Kirk & Sons in 1878 for William Fredrick Fox…
Former Dewsbury Union Offices – listed at Grade II
The Former Headquarters for Dewsbury Union was constructed by an unknown architect in the 1890’s in a Renaissance Revival style. Many of the original features survive, including the mosaic flooring and an impressive cast iron staircase…
41 Daisy Hill – listed at Grade II
… Potentially an early piece of work by John Kirk & Sons, this building may have been designed for William Fryer, as part of a public house – Fryer’s Vaults…
1-1a and 3 Wellington Street, 17, 21, 23 and 25, 27 and 29 Wellington Road – listed at Grade II
This collection of Wellington Street buildings all once operated as textile warehouses during Dewsbury’s position as the national centre of the shoddy and mungo industry in the latter half of the 19th century…
