A biography to be published this month explores the 'mysterious and elusive' Huddersfield architect William Henry Crossland.

Crossland was born in 1835, the son of stone mason Henry Crossland, and baptised in Elland. By 1841, the family was living in Longwood House, Fartown.

He became a pupil of the London architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1850s and went on to set up his own practice in Halifax. 

Kirklees Council has approved its own plan for three tall sculptures to be built on New Street, in spite of objections submitted by HCS.

Details of appearance or landscaping remain undisclosed but the council says approval of those matters must be obtained before development is begun.

All we know of the 'sculptural features' is that they will have a maximum height of 12 metres and be made of metal 'with an open structure to give a feeling of lightness'.

​This was the text of our objection sent to the council: