Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Crow Nest was a large house in its own grounds originally buitl in 1775 by the prominent Walker family
Crow Nest was a large house in its own grounds originally buitl in 1775 by the prominent Walker family. It bercame a favourite home of Sir Titus Salt. He first rented it between 1844 and 1858 (during the time Saltaire was starting to be built). Salt eventually bought it from the Walkers in 1867 and live there until his death in 1876.
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