Old Grammar School, Heptonstall

In 1626 Charles Greenwood, Rector of Thornhill Church, purchased the sub-manor of Heptonstall from Sir Arthur Ingram for £500. He founded Heptonstall Grammar School in 1642 to be maintained by rents from property in Colden (still known as School Land Farm). In 1771 the school was rebuilt with three bays of Venetian windows and three storeys high to Church Lane. The entrance front, facing the graveyard, was devoid of windows and just a single storey with two doorways. The school closed in 1898. When this picture was taken it was occupied by the Yorkshire Penny Bank, but it is now a museum where visitors can still see the original master’s desk and the dark oak table-desks with their forms. Text from: Calderdale Architecture and History.