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Hopwood Hall (Halifax)
Hopwood Hall (Halifax)
At the bottom of Hopwood Lane, with the junction of King Cross Street and Bull Green lies a Georgian house called "Hopwood Hall".  It was built for William Hopwood around 1730.  It was the home of the Alexander family from 1768 to 1823 and later bought by the Halifax Law Society in 1927.  The house is Grade II Iisted.

The official description from Calderdale Council's archives reads:

Early C18. Good substantial stone house. 3 storeys. 5 windows. Rusticated ground storey with segmental pediment on brackets to entrance door. Eaves cornice to hipped stone roof. Rear has wide mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights and rusticated arch to central recessed staircase window. Small cornice. Interior retains original and later C18 work including staircase with Chinese fret balustrade, slight ceiling decoration, plain joinery etc. Retaining wall and pair of elaborated piers flanking steps to forecourt with 2nd pier to west apparently earlier C19.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 May 2005 )
 

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