Exploring Edgar Wood’s Legacy: an Arts & Crafts walk
Briarcourt, 28 Occupation Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3EE
The walk starts at Edgar Wood’s Briarcourt (1894-6, grade II listed – exterior view only), his first major work in Huddersfield. Other houses passed on the walk, all from the 1910s and 1920s, are by Wood’s precocious local pupil Dennis Bamford; Huddersfield-based Oswald White and Joseph Berry; and architects from elsewhere who also made their contribution to the inter-war suburban landscape. Taking 1.5 to 2 hours, the walk will end at Wood’s Clock Tower (1902, grade I listed) in time to ascend its 54 steps, to visit St Stephen’s Church (a Waterloo church by John Oates, grade II) or to find lunch in Lindley village. (See separate entries for Lindley Clock Tower and St Stephen’s.)
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 07 September:
- Tour 1030
Location & directions
Briarcourt, 28 Occupation Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3EE
- Contact on day:
- David Griffiths
- Telephone number:
- +447729978370
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- Bookings by email only, from 27 August
- Booking contact name:
- David Griffiths
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking opens:
- 27 Aug 2024 12:00 AM
Accessibility details
A busy main road has to be crossed twice.
Additional information
There is no parking at Briarcourt but there is free on-street parking on Daisy Lea Lane, below the Clock Tower where the walk ends, a five-minute walk from the start. There is also a pay-and-display car park in Lindley village. There are frequent buses to the Clock Tower.
- Max no of people per tour:
- 20
- Est. tour duration:
- 2 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
