Abbotts ladies homes Halifax

Im getting around this week seeing a few different places yesterday crossleys arms houses and today Abbotts ladies homes.
 John Abbott made his money as a woolstapler. He was also involved in carpet production with his father and was one of the founders of the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company. He left money in his will to establish these homes for single or widowed ladies who had fallen on hard times. Built around 1870 and designed by William Swinden Barber, the development is designed as a self contained 'village' of semi-detached cottages and bungalows built in a tudor style, with chamfered mullioned and transomed windows, hood mouldings, tall chimneys and decorative finials. The cottages are placed at different angles looking onto a central 'village green' with a central clump of trees. This area was originally defined by a simple metal fence along its boundary (removed 1990s) and is surrounded by a serpentine driveway. The heavy perimeter planting and high stone boundary wall create an inward looking picturesque landscape which originally also included a green house, tool house and kitchen garden. Decorative rock work and planting at the entrance also help to create a feeling of privacy and enclosure. The remains of other areas of decorative rockwork can also be found within the site