Briarcourt, Lindley
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Briarcourt, Lindley
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 10 Sep 2011
A large house built 1894-6 by Edgar Wood for John Sykes, as a wedding present for his son Herbert Higginson Sykes and Edgar Wood's sister Annie Eliza. The second floor was added c.1905. It has been a children's home, and is now owned by Kirklees Council and used for temporary office accommodation.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.657814
Longitude
-1.818235