Halifax Piece Hall, Georgian cloth trading hall in Halifax, England
Halifax Piece Hall is a Georgian trading hall in Halifax in northern England built from sandstone. The open square is framed by three-storey arcades connected by wide staircases at the corners.
The building was completed in 1779 as the last major wool market in Yorkshire when home weavers still sold their goods themselves. After the decline of the textile industry it was used as a wholesale market for a time and reopened following restoration in 2016.
The name comes from the cloth pieces that home weavers brought here to sell before factories took over the trade. Today the former trading booths house small shops and workshops where craftspeople and designers offer their goods.
The shops and cafés are located along the covered walkways on all three levels while the courtyard remains freely accessible. Weekends and events tend to be busier while weekdays are generally quieter.
Originally more than 300 tiny trading stalls stood close together in the walkways where weavers offered their cloth on Saturdays. Traders were only allowed to start negotiating after a bell rang at half past ten.
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