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Holt Head Sunday School

A Grade II Listed Building in Meltham, Kirklees

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6047 / 53°36'17"N

Longitude: -1.8794 / 1°52'45"W

OS Eastings: 408078

OS Northings: 412026

OS Grid: SE080120

Mapcode National: GBR HV9R.XJ

Mapcode Global: WHCB6.3NBD

Plus Code: 9C5WJ43C+V6

Entry Name: Holt Head Sunday School

Listing Date: 30 June 1982

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1184050

English Heritage Legacy ID: 340880

ID on this website: 101184050

Location: Holt Head, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, HD7

County: Kirklees

Civil Parish: Meltham

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Christ the King, Meltham

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description



SE 01 SE SLAITHWAITE ROAD
(Holt Head)
1/44
30th April 1912 Holt Head Sunday School

II

Former Sunday School, now disused. Dated 1840. Hammer dressed stone
with ashlar dressings and raised quoins to front. Stone slate roof with
gable copings and stone brackets to gutter. 3-bay pediment gabled front,
symmetrical with central door with pilastered surround and fanlight with
cambered head inscribed to memory of those who fell in the 1914-18 war.
Cornice over and tablet inscribed: HOLT HEAD
GENERAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL

The fanlight has painted words: ERECTED
1840
BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION
Round arched sash windows with marginal glazing, to both floors, with
raised key and impost blocks. The centre window, 1st floor, is higher.
Two return bays of two storeys with square headed windows with marginal
glazing. 5-bay single storey side elevations plus a further bay set
back at far end. Square headed windows as before. A good, unspoilt
example of a rural type which may originally have incorporated a chapel.

Interior not inspected.


Listing NGR: SE0807812026

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