Key Words :- bakery retail

Viewing the Site :- Can best be viewed from the north side of Horton Street. The bakery lies at the rear facing New Road.

Address :- Horton Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1QE
Grid Ref :- SE 09429 24942
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.720803 , Long -1.858591
Local Authority :- Calderdale Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1257961,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1902 -

Description and History of Site:-
Three storey building executed in a vaguely Flemish style comprising two shops, a café and a bakery with stables. Shortly afterwards further shops were added to the west.
Erected for George Whitley & Son, confectioners and caterers, to the designs of architects Joseph F. Walsh and Graham S. Nicholas. The bakery was still in operation during 1936 under the style of Lewis Bakeries, a business still flourishing in 1951-52. The bakery no longer operates and the whole block is now occupied by retail shops.

Further Reading and References:-
P.W. Robinson, Joseph Frederick Walsh (1861-1950), architect: his later career, Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society, Vol. 10 New Series, 2002, pp. 137/8.

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