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Joseph Frederick Walsh
The architect Joseph Frederick Walsh was born at Thornhill,
Hipperholme, the son of John Walsh.
In 1877, he was articled to his uncle Richard Horsfall.
In 1891, he married Minnie Rose Thwaite
He was influenced by the conservation work of John Lister.
Some of his work was in the Arts & Crafts style.
In 1890, he remodelled several buildings – including
Cripplegate,
House at the Maypole,
and
the former Turk's Head Inn.
In 1891, he designed the Boar's Head Hotel as a part of the
Halifax Borough Market.
His use of turned stone led to a dispute with local quarriers.
In 1913, he was one of the subscribers to The Old Halls & Manor
Houses of Yorkshire
He became the company architect for Whitaker's Brewery.
His other work included pubs, breweries and Board Schools:
6 Stainland Road, West Vale
Akroyd Place School Baths
Boar's Head Hotel, Halifax
Bolton Lodge, Southowram
Briarfield, Shibden
Caddy Field Board School
Claremount Liberal Club
Clifton Mill, Bailiff Bridge
Condima Textile Works, Halifax
Craig Royston, Hipperholme
The Croft, Halifax
Daisy Bank, Shibden
Edgeholme, Warley
Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge
Houses at George Street, Hipperholme
Hipperholme Grammar School
Hipperholme Public Library
Hipperholme Council Offices Hipperholme Town Hall |
Hipperholme Urban District Council
Holdsworth House, Holmfield
Ladyship Mills, Ovenden
Lee Mount Board School
Lightcliffe Vicarage
Moorside Junior & Infants' School Baths
Pellon Lane Liberal Club
Royal Halifax Infirmary
Saint Mark's Parish Church, Siddal
Saint Mary's Catholic School
Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram
Seedlings Mount Brewery, Halifax
Sharp & Mallett
Turned stone
Warley Institute
Watkinson Almshouses, Lightcliffe
Windmill Hill Brewery, Northowram
Windmill, Shelf |
At various times, he went into partnership with other architects:
The family lived at
Savile Green, Halifax [1936].
He died in 1950
See
Turned stone
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