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SteveB
11-09-2011, 02:39 PM
This building doesn't look like much from outside, but it's reputedly the oldest building in Holmfirth, dating from 1597, and was open for the Heritage Open Days weekend.

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It has quite a history to it

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There are two rooms upstairs, one with a wooden floor (which was replaced in the 70s) and the stone floored jail cell. Not sure what the bottle is all about!

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This window is the only source of light to the cell

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Looks like birds have tried to make a home here at some point

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The lower floor is the garage which housed the fire engine. It's fairly unremarkable.

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The doors have been replaced, but the original hinges remain

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Unfortunately a lot of the original features have been replaced in a not entirely sympathic way - the jail cell has a metal grill door rather than the wooden original, for example.

There's a piece about the place on the BBC website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-14843733

MJS
11-09-2011, 02:41 PM
I like it, nice place is Holmfirth. Did you get a yogurt from up the road?