Description

LEEDS

SE2835NW NORTH GRANGE ROAD, Headingley
714-1/64/797 (East side)
Garden wall, gate piers and steps to
Virginia House

GV II

Boundary wall, gate piers and steps. Early C19, possible later
C19 alterations. Walls of coursed squared gritstone and
ashlar, with rounded stone copings, gate piers of softer
sandstone, stone steps. Encloses the gardens of Virginia House
on the W and S sides (North Grange Road and Headingley Lane);
the entrance gates having steps with flanking walls leading
towards the house.
Walling: overall length approx 100m, the northern end approx
5m high, ramped down twice; beyond the gate piers the lower
section is approx 2m high, the stone changing from squared
rubble to ashlar at the corner with Headingley Lane.
Gate piers square in section, moulded plinth, recessed panels
with carved flower in roundel, moulded cornice and
entablature, gabled capstone. Flight of 7 steps with ashlar
flanking walls and square-section terminals with moulded
capstones.
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SE2847635738

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656059

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)