Building Name

Railway Station at Sowerby Bridge

Date
1840 - 1842
District/Town
Sowerby Bridge
County/Country
Yorkshire, England
Architect
Client
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company
Work
New Build

MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. CONTRACTS FOR STATIONS. PERSONS desirous of CONTRACTING for the ERECTION of ONE or MORE of the STATION HOUSES, at Sowerby Bridge, Rastrick, Dewsbury, and Wakefield (all of which are in the County of York), may now inspect the Plans, Specification, and Draft of Contract, and obtain all the requisite Information respecting the same, on Application to Mr. Leigh Hall, the Company's Architect. The Tenders, according to a Form to be furnished by the Architect, must be addressed to the Chairman, and delivered at the Company's Offices, Clowes' Buildings, Hunt's Bank, Manchester, on or before Twelve o,clock in the Forenoon, on Saturday the 6th Day of June next, under a Sealed Cover, and endorsed " Tender for Stations." The Directors will not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender. H. HOULDSWORTH, Chairman.  [Manchester Guardian 30 May 1840 page 1]

Reference    Manchester Guardian 30 May 1840 page 1 – contracts
Reference    Leeds Intelligencer 30 May 1840 page 1