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Wainhouse Tower. Wainhouse Tower is a folly in the parish of King Cross, on the south-west side of Halifax, Calderdale, [1] [2] West Yorkshire, in England.At 275 feet (84 m), it is the tallest structure in Calderdale and the tallest folly in the world, and was erected between 1871 and 1875.
Halifax is a town in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 254 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, 31 are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre.
The barracks was built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style as a depot for the 33rd and 76th Regiment's. [1] On 1 April 1873 the depot was established, with construction completed in 1877.
During the First English Civil War (1642–1646) Halifax was a Royalist stronghold, with King Cross as a key outpost, on the roads between Lancashire and West Yorkshire, with the Parliamentarians holding parts of the Calder Valley. Before 1850, the area consisted of small hamlets and agricultural fields, in the parish of
It hosts a frequently changing variety of exhibitions, events, and educational programmes with no permanent exhibition. The idea to open a centre for contemporary arts in Gateshead was developed in the 1990s, which was a time of regeneration for the local area—the Sage and Gateshead Millennium Bridge was also being conceived of in this period.
Price: $580 million Features: Largest sail-assisted yacht in the world, underwater observation pod, carbon fiber rotating masts, multiple pools 3. Symphony: Owned by Bernard Arnault
A replica of the Halifax Gibbet on its original site, 2008, with St Mary's Catholic church, Gibbet Street, in the background. The Halifax Gibbet / ˈ h æ l ɪ f æ k s ˈ dʒ ɪ b ɪ t / was an early guillotine used in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Estimated to have been installed during the 16th century, it was used as an ...