Dodworth Hall - its final use and demise

Situated on Green Road; almost opposite Home Farm, Dodworth Hall in its heyday was the grandest house in the village. It was built for Thomas Thornely Taylor at a time when weaving and the cloth industry was at its peak of prosperity, and Taylor was a leading local entrepreneur in that field. He was also the holder of considerable real estate, mainly it is said towards Hoylandswaine, and he was of his time probably the main benefactor of the the village donating at least one school, a church, and a chapel. Houses in the village bearing his initials TTT were built in his name.

More will be said in another post about him and his family, for now this blog will deal with the matters in the title.

Does anyone have any recollections about the Hall; the nearby open cast mining; the gymnasium that was set up there after the NCB acquired it; and its final demise and demolition.

The Editor