Description

W T Oldrieve. Built 1904-8. Observatory office and

laboratory. 2-storeys, basement to E above slope. Arts and Crafts movement, gables with skews run horizontally over eaves. Roughly Roughly-coursed and squared whinstone with long and short worked dressings and quoins, most windows segmentally-arched with

contrasting voussoirs. Basically H-plan; long 5-bay inner range

has Westmost bay carried upwards above main roof level and has full-depth viewing platform, lean-to porch at foot to both

elevations. Shaped gutter brackets; slate roofs.

INTERIOR: many important and early scientific instruments,

several still in use; timber stairs have battered newels with

projecting caps; upper hall in inner range with exposed

plain timber roof.

Statement of Interest

Instruments include a fortin barometer, a float barograph

and a synchronome.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17799014

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)