Description and History of Site:-
Decorative, two storeyed, corner office block and warehouse with basement level, erected to an L-shaped plan. The building has been sympathetically updated for modern use by an insurance firm, retaining an elaborate entrance surround and its original date stone of 1897; whilst a new staircase has been incorporated within the glazed entrance bay of the former warehouse. The Automatic Standard Screw Company was created around the year 1896 by Simeon Crawshaw from an existing screw manufacturing business located on a site in Dispensary Walk (SE 09659 25180) see WYK00777. Within a couple of years a new warehouse and offices were needed, and plans to the designs of Messrs. Jackson and Fox, architects were submitted for a building at the junction of Charles Street and Causeway. The site had previously been occupied by a lodging house and a beer house. Both of the screw company's buildings remained in their original use until 1993, and following the closure of the company, the former office and warehouse building was converted for use by a firm of insurance brokers.

Further Reading and References:-
E. Webster, From Rule of Thumb to CNC, Halifax, privately published, 1997, pp. 103-4.

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Key Words :- engineering insurance

Viewing the Site :- The site can be seen from Charles Street.

Address :- Charles Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1QH
Grid Ref :- SE 09635 25195
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.723073 , Long -1.855462
Local Authority :- Calderdale Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1897 -
Record Date :- 19 April 2017

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