The White Swan, Halifax

Contents:

• The White Swan Inn & Posting House: 1585-1858

• The White Swan Hotel: 1858

The White Swan Inn & Posting House: 1585-1858

The original inn – The Swan – was built around 1585. It stood on, what is now, the north-west corner of the junction with Crown Street / Princess Street. It was demolished in 1858 when Princess Street was constructed and the White Swan Hotel was opened.

Later known as the White Swan Inn And Posting House, the Swan stood at 31-35 Crown Street, Halifax.

It was a coaching inn for services to Leeds, London, Manchester and Liverpool.

Anthony Foxcroft was recorded as living here in 1585.

James Foxcroft, the Constable, was recorded here in 1643, at the time of the Civil War.

This is discussed in Views of Ancient Buildings in the Parish of Halifax

The original inn – The Swan – was built around 1585 and was demolished in 1858 when Princess Street was constructed and the White Swan Hotel was opened. Sarah Daxon continued her tenancy at the new hostelry.

This is discussed in Yorkshire Coiners.

See Captain Hodgson and Wilson's advert in verse

The White Swan Hotel: 1858

The White Swan Hotel stands on Princess Street, Halifax.

It was built in 1857-1858 for John Crossley to accommodate businessmen and the company's visiting customers.

Designed by Lockwood & Mawson or possibly Smith & Parnell

A boiler exploded on 24th January 1859, injuring 3 people:

• Julia Swift (charwoman)
• Mary Catton (charwoman)
• Ellen Butler (head cook)

A 1900 advertisement for the business announced

Family and Commercial Hotel and Posting House, Halifax An Hotel Omnibus meets every train Telegraphic address "Swan" Halifax Telephone No. 45 H. Birkenshaw, Proprietor

In 1912, the Hotel was bought by Richard Whitaker & Sons who owned it until 1951, when it was sold to the Trust House group.

The Hotel was re-constructed & re-furnished and re-opened on 11th February 1914.

In recent times, the Hotel has had several owners – and several names – being known variously as the Halifax Princess Hotel, The Queen's Hotel, and the Hotel St James.

In 1990, it became the White Swan once again.

In 1999, it was bought by the Fairhaven Group.

This is discussed in the books Halifax Pubs and Halifax Pubs: Volume Two.

See Whitehall Road, Hipperholme

See Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society offices

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