by 911axe
Early in the 1920's Armstrong-Whitworth Company Limited of England decided that their senior staff required living quarters that would enable them to feel at home while they were supervising construction of what was, up to that time, the largest project ever undertaken in the history of paper making.
In 1923, Mr. Andrew Cobb, a Halifax architect designed the Tudor-style 'Staff House' and in his honor the street leading to it was named Cobb Lane.
On 16 May, 1924, Mr. Bill Cossitt and three employees of Picking & Watson, water and sewage contractors from Halifax, signed the register. Three weeks later, the first dinner was served.
On 30 June, 1924, Sir Glyn West, Chairman of Armstrong-Whitworth Company Limited, officially opened the hotel.
