To celebrate Heritage Open Days, locals are being offered a one-off chance to tour around Queensgate Market, a 55-year-old Grade II listed building.
In September Kirklees Council are set to host their annual Heritage Open Days – an event that is sponsored by the local authorities ‘Our Cultural Heart’ regeneration scheme.
To mark the occasion, people are being invited on a one-off tour around Huddersfield’s former Queensgate Market – a building currently undergoing major redevelopment. The visit will be locals last chance to see the building before it is turned into a new food hall and an adjoining library hub.
David Griffiths, coordinator for Heritage Opens Days, has express his enthusiasm for the event. He said: ‘I’m delighted that Queensgate is joining almost a hundred events taking place across Kirklees during the ten days of the festival.
‘Heritage doesn’t just mean antique – buildings of the present and future are welcome too. This year, with architecture as the festivals’ national theme, the market building takes its place alongside another Huddersfield icon, the Kirklees Stadium, celebrating 30 years since it won RIBA Building of the Year, and two new houses built to the Passivhaus standard for green buildings.’
On the subject of architecture, the tour around Queensgate Market is set to show off the building’s paraboloid roof structures – a feature that is also being included in the final food hall design – and ceramic artworks by Fritz Steller.
Cllr Graham Turner, cabinet member for finance and regeneration, said the chance to come and tour the building is a ‘fantastic opportunity’.
‘The former market building holds a special place in Huddersfield’s identity, and it’s inspiring to see it being given new life for future generations,’ Cllr Turner continued. ‘We’re proud to be supporting Heritage Open Days, celebrating our town’s proud past while showcasing its exciting future.’
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