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Description: Joseph Crossley's Almshouses and Terrace Walls, Bridges, Piers and Steps

Address: Crossley Almshouses Arden Road Halifax Calderdale

Grade: II

Group detail: Arden Road (west side)

Full description:
Dated 1863. By R Ives. Large Gothic group in 3 blocks round garden court. 2 storeys. Stone with slated roofs. Central, battlemented tower with stair turret and high roof to west block. Other turrets, gables, chimney-stacks and cresting to roof ridges. 1, 2 & 3-light windows with flat and cusped heads, some with tracery. Oriels, bay windows etc. Chapel at upper level to west of south block, with high roof. Bridges with steps to upper level of north and south block. Varied terracing with steps, piers etc to garden side of each block. (EAST AND WEST BLOCKS BUILT LATER)