Dean Clough

[2][3] After years of declining production it closed in 1983, when it was bought by a consortium led by Sir Ernest Hall which developed the Grade II listed site for various commercial and cultural uses.

During the two world wars production changed from carpets to military supplies such as webbing, blankets and khaki yarn for uniforms.

When Chairman Patrick Crossley retired in 1970 the company moved its headquarters to Kidderminster, and it was decided in 1982 to close the Dean Clough site.

As managing director, his son Jeremy, has gradually refurbished the buildings for office and cultural uses by a large number of companies.

[5] Dean Clough played host to the launch of the Conservative Party manifesto for the 2017 General Election by then Prime Minister Theresa May, the site being situated in the Labour constituency of Halifax.

[12] Sir Ernest Hall and Jonathan Silver bought the site in equal shares in 1983 and opted to develop flexibly rather than to enmesh themselves in grant aided regeneration schemes; but the two men had very different styles of working and the partnership did not last.

[13] The large sheds on the south western part of the site were demolished to open it up and provide car parking space.

Stone facades have been cleaned of the industrial blackening which affected all of the area's older buildings and exterior changes have been kept to a minimum, while interiors have been adapted to new uses.