Holly House, Halifax is a Georgian house which was known as Number 6 Ward's End until the late 19th century, when it was given the name Holly House.
It is a square building, of stone, and with 2 wings of brick.
It was on the Stone Trough estate owned by William Green, then by the Gibson family [from 1705], by John Bentley [from 1751] who built the present house in 1755.
In 1760, Bentley was in financial trouble and sold the house to Joseph Bramley. In 1764, the 2 brick wings were added by William Bramley. In 17??, it was occupied by Edward Wainhouse. Around 1810, Wainhouse sub-let the house to Dr Gervase Alexander.
In 1861, Dr Mason Stanhope Kenny was living here.
In 1874, it was rented by a philanthropist, Dr John Oakley.
In 1886, Oakley established the Halifax Ear, Eye and Throat Hospital in one wing of the house.
It was subsequently used as a youth employment bureau and then as the headquarters of the local careers service, eventually becoming a part of Calderdale Council Education Department.
In June 1983, the council sold the building
In 1985, it began a new life as a sequence of pubs: Carrington's, the Bass House, and The Courtyard.
See Prince Albert Statue, Halifax
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