A FINE surviving building that may look familiar, though not quite like this, is the former School Board Offices, now the Buddhist centre, on the corner of Cooke Street and Lawkholme Crescent, which officially opened in its present form late in 1893.
As the note beneath says, this is a design that had been submitted in 1891 by Keighley architects W H and A Sugden, but not accepted.
Brothers William Hampden and William Arthur Sugden were responsible for some of Keighley’s most prestigious buildings, including manufacturer Ira Ickringill’s Laurel Mount, Sir Swire Smith’s Steeton Manor, St Barnabas’ Church at Thwaites Brow and Technical Institute extensions.
Farther afield they designed an abortive Morecambe Tower and the Keighley Hall at Poix-du-Nord in Northern France.
William Hampden Sugden, the elder brother, died in 1920, and William Arthur, who was also a talented watercolour artist and violinist, in 1927.
All three photographs featured here were supplied by Kevin Seaton, of Shann Lane in Keighley.
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