Railway Coal Chutes and Tramway With Walls and Gates
RAILWAY COAL CHUTES AND TRAMWAY WITH WALLS AND GATES, ALDER STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1096083
- Date first listed:
- 08-Apr-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Coal Chutes and Tramway With Walls and Gates
- Statutory Address:
- RAILWAY COAL CHUTES AND TRAMWAY WITH WALLS AND GATES, ALDER STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1096083
- Date first listed:
- 08-Apr-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Coal Chutes and Tramway With Walls and Gates
- Statutory Address 1:
- RAILWAY COAL CHUTES AND TRAMWAY WITH WALLS AND GATES, ALDER STREET
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RAILWAY COAL CHUTES AND TRAMWAY WITH WALLS AND GATES, ALDER STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Kirklees (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE1472317954
Details
919/0/10052
08-APR-03
ALDER STREET
Hillhouse
(East side)
Railway Coal Chutes and Tramway with
Walls and Gates
II
Forty Coal chutes or drops. 1900. Built by the London & North Western Railway for the Huddersfield Corporation Tramways. Timber, iron and blue engineering brick with ashlar dressings.
Rubble stone boundary wall has two broad gateways each with 2 square gate-piers topped with pyramidal ashlar caps. Either side curved rubble stone retaining walls rise to height of the chutes with single tall square stone piers at each corner.
40 coal chutes are each divided by solid blue brick piers with ashlar banding. Timber structure and top decking has iron chutes which are operated by visible cogs and gearing.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 490049
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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