RED
HOUSE TO BE SOLD OFF!
Update 31st January 2012: Kirklees Council are proposing
to sell the Red House with a possible closure by September
2012.
There is a BBC
News article here...
A petition to Save
Red House here...
"Briarmains stood near the highway. It was rather an old
place, and had been built ere that highway was cut, and when
a lane winding up through fields was the only path conducting
to it."
Charlotte Bronte; Shirley (1849)
Take
a 360 degree view outside the Red House here...
The house was built in the 1660's and unusually red brick was
used instead of stone. It was owned by the Taylor family who
are the "Yorkes" in the novel Shirley.
"Briarmains,
though certainly the mansion appeared to enjoy a quieter phase
of existence than the temple. Some of its windows too were aglow;
the lower casements opened upon the lawn; curtains concealed
the interior, and partly obscured the ray of the candles which
lit it, but they did not entirely muffle the sound of voice
and laughter. We are privileged to enter that front door, and
to penetrate to the domestic sanctum."
Charlotte Bronte; Shirley (1849)
Mary Taylor was one of Charlotte's closest friends.
They first met at Roe Head school in 1831 and became lifelong
friends. Mary is "Rose Yorke" in Shirley and
Martha is "Jessie Yorke".
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In Affectionate Remembrance Of
Mary Taylor
Of High Royd Gomersal
Born February 26th 1817
Died March 1st 1893
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Martha Taylor sister of Mary
1819 - 1842
Buried in Brussels
"Much loved was she much loving"
C Bronte
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Mary
and Martha Taylor are buried in St Mary's Church, Gomersal.
Take
a 360 degree view at the grave here...
As you enter the Graveyard (see picture) the grave is situated
about 30m to the left. N53° 43.754 W001° 41.361 Elevation
510ft
Red House Museum
Oxford Road,
Gomersal,
Cleckheaton
BD19 4JP
Tel: (01274) 335100
N53° 43.945 W001° 41.186 Elevation 473
Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat & Sun 12-5pm. Access for disabled visitors
to both exhibitions & ground floor of House.
