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The Piece Hall (Halifax)

Description: Halifax, England. It was built as a place for handloom weavers to sell their pieces of cloth. It opened in 1779 and has ... more

The Piece Hall (Halifax) ... over 300 rooms arranged around a central courtyard.

Newest Review: ... by the not quite so quite imposing entrance to this very grand building. The entrance is a doorway between the high brick walls which has a small sign above it that simply reads " The Piece Hall Halifax - Britain's oldest remaining cloth hall opened January 1st 1779". What the modest entrance conceals is a very large rectangular shaped building that is built around a central ... more

... courtyard. The courtyard is open air with a small patch of green glass but the majority of its space was taken up by market stalls and a huge white marquee tent. This marquee tent appears every winter and houses an indoor skating rink. Despite it being mid...more

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The Piece Hall (Halifax): The Piece Hall, Halifax (628 words)
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250 years ago the West Yorkshire town of Halifax was at the centre of the textile trade. A few decades later textile mills would spring up all along the valley in which Halifax sits but back in the 1770's most of the cloth was made in the local people's houses on handlooms. The Piece Hall opened in 1779 as a place where these traders could meet and trade their cloth. It was built to replace a smaller building called The Cloth Hall. Today The Piece Hall is a Grade 1 listed building. It stands in the heart of town centre and is now used largely as a shopping complex. I was in Halifax yesterday and The Piece Hall was one of the places that I wanted to ... Read the complete review