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    Arrow Pioneer House, Dewsbury - Sept 08

    As you all know by now Pioneer House is a Victorian Grade II listed building sited on Halifax Road in the centre of Dewsbury. It was designed by the Architects Henry Holtom and George Fox and was built in 1872 for the Dewsbury Co-op society and later known as Dewsbury Pioneers’ Industrial Society. Henry Holtom, who arrived in Dewsbury in his 20's, became a town councillor in 1871 and later became Mayor of Dewsbury in 1883. Holtom and Fox designed many buildings including schools, churches and also designed the town hall!

    Here are my pics of the day:-

    Exterior shots







    Interiors

    That Amazing Hall


    In the Clock tower






    Looking out at one of the heads on the clock face






    That sad looking Lift Cage!




    The beautiful Stained Glass doors in the Restaurant


    The Roof Terrace


    The old beams made a good pic


    Looking down the lift shaft




    A small piece of written history


    Thanks for looking.
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    Arrow Re: Pioneer House, Dewsbury - Sept 08

    Here's a few from me....yeh i know it's taken a while...

    Looking upwards at the clocktower & former snooker club stairway at the south-east end of the building


    The former hall/theatre/snooker hall


    Looking through an old film reel in the projection room into the main hall


    Part of the original ceiling with the stage front & rigging still evident


    One of the gems of this building is the wonderful clocktower


    The clock mechanism-silenced for many years & partly stripped by thieves!


    Part of the linkage to a clock face-pieces missing & stolen!


    The bells remained thankfully


    Some conversion building work did start here but stopped. The effect adds to the atmosphere


    A view of the former restaurant/library


    Blinds still hang intact & level!


    Some of the beatiful (but broken) glass


    This building still has many hidden suprises-old posters


    A huge & empty safe!


    Ornate roof parts taken from the balcony area outside the restaurant


    Contrast the brightly painted archways...


    ...with the more decayed ones


    Finally a view of the destruction & lack of historical respect that has been shown to this wonderful building!


    Cheers if you've made it this far... There's more pics on my flickr
    Last edited by sqwasher; 02-02-2009 at 02:37 AM.

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