Victoria Tower, Huddersfield
Description: Victoria Tower
Grade: II
Date Listed: 29 September 1978
English Heritage Building ID: 339662
OS Grid Reference: SE1516313990
OS Grid Coordinates: 415163, 413990
Latitude/Longitude: 53.6222, -1.7722
Location: Castle Hill Side, Huddersfield, Kirklees HD4 6SZ
Locality: Huddersfield
Local Authority: Kirklees
County: West Yorkshire
Country: England
Postcode: HD4 6SZ
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Listing Text
CASTLE HILL
1.
5113
Almondbury
Victoria Tower
SE 1513 48/13
II
2.
1897-9. Architect: Isaac Jones, of Herne Hill, London. Contractors: Messrs
Ben Graham of Crosland Moor. Hammer-dressed stone. Slightly battered tower,
square in plan. Machicolations. Crenellated parapet. Slightly higher start
tower corbelled out on north-east corner. Various single-light windows. Built
to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee, instead of a Free Public Library,
the alternative suggestion.
Listing NGR: SE1516313990
Source: English Heritage
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