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Red House was built by
William Taylor whose descendants owned it until 1920. The Taylor family had lived in Gomersal for more than a century when in 1660, William Taylor built a brick house next to their old one. The family were farmers and clothiers who developed their business into cloth finishing
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Dewsbury Museums were consequently threatened with closure. The Council for British Archaeology Yorkshire, said the authority wanted to save £531,000 by 2017–18." Friends of the museum and literary groups concerned with the loss of a Bronte connection were dismayed at the prospect of the museum
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The old house was standing in 1713 and surrounding workshops contained items for cloth manufacture. The old house was probably demolished when the barn to the west of the house and coach house were built in the mid-18th century. The house is constructed of red brick, unusual in a village built of
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January 1967 for its historic, industrial and literary interest and because it "contains some good survivals of the Georgian period, including a staircase, fireplaces and windows, embedded in a late C17 core." Also of interest are the barn and coach house.
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style, and is hung with portraits of the Taylor family from between 1737 and 1817. They are of Joshua Taylor's sister
Deborah (1771–1810), his parents, John (1737–1805) and Anne (1739–1817) and his father-in-law Captain Tickell.
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A two-storey stone barn with a stone slate roof and cart entrance is situated to the west of the house. The stone coach house has four open-fronted arches. Its interior has been restored.
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closing and campaigned to keep it open. Kirklees
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Hunsworth near
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preachers who were friends of John Taylor, the great-grandson of
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to either side. The upper storey has three double and two single sash windows. The rear wall with four gables was rebuilt between 1995 and 1997.
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