Wainhouse Tower
Wainhouse Tower is a Victorian folly in the King Cross area of Halifax which dominates the skyline above Sowerby Bridge.
Originally intended to serve as a chimney for a local dye works, the design of the tower included a viewing platform which allowed its owner John Wainhouse to look over the land of his neighbour Sir Henry Edwards with whom Wainhouse was involved in a feud. It is because of this that the folly (which has been claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world) is also known as the "Tower of Spite"..
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