Description and History of Site:-
A row of unadorned, four-storey wool warehouses with basements; each symmetrical around central loading doors to each floor with crane heads located within central pediments. A row of wool warehouses, the nearest to Church Street built before 1850, the remainder erected piecemeal from around 1865 to 1870 for J. Crabtree. Six in number, the earliest warehouse facing Church Street was occupied in 1887 by Chas. Berwick, woolstapler, and in 1905 by Dawson & Hauxwell, woolstaplers and wool waste merchants. Likewise the remaining warehouses in Deal Street have successively been tenanted by those involved in woolstapling and wool merchanting up until the decline in the industry during the mid to late twentieth century. All bar one appear now to be empty. The earliest warehouse, facing Church Street, had been supported by scaffolding for some years. It was declared to be unsafe and demolished in early summer 2021.

Further Reading and References:-
First edition Ordnance Survey Map, surveyed c1850; WYAS-C, MU:26/265, plan 912, app. 1867; HBI:1029, plan 1029, app. 1867; MU:26/535, plan 226, app. 1869; White's Directory of Halifax, 1887; Robinson's Halifax Street Directory, 1905.

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Key Words :- textiles wool warehouse

Viewing the Site :- From both Church Street or Deal Street.

Address :- Deal Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1QY
Grid Ref :- SE 09593 24903
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.720450 , Long -1.856108
Local Authority :- Calderdale Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1388309,
Site Condition :- Site disused - but otherwise substantially intact
Site Dates :- 1865-70 -
Record Date :- 16 April 2017

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