| Description | 14 Tootal Street, Wakefield (now demolished) was located on the north side of Tootal Street (at SE 3374 2001) and was a 2 storey, brick built, late 19th century building thought to have had both a domestic structure and industrial use, possibly connected to metal working.
In February 2007 Archaeological Services WYAS (ASWYAS) undertook a programme of building recording in advance of the building’s demolition, to clear the site for the construction of The Hepworth (a new public art gallery).
During the recording it was noted that the number and type of window openings both at the front and the rear of the building indicated a domestic rather than industrial use. Both sides originally had narrow access doors, again easier to associate with a domestic use. Other features, such as the wide ground floor doors and first floor taking in doors point to an industrial use. This conflict of features probably indicate that the building started out life as a domestic property (perhaps housing people who worked in the various industries that operated along Tootal Street, including sail making, worsted manufacture, blacksmithing and carrier work) but was then converted to industrial use during the very end of the 19th century, or early 20th century.
For further details, and to view the photographic record, please see the final report (ASWYAS, 2007), a copy of which is on file in the HER. |