Description

LEEDS

SE3034 NORTH STREET, Sheepscar
714-1/29/1108 (West side)
Northwood House

GV II

Bank, now computer salesrooms. Late C19, altered C20. By
William Bakewell. For London, City and Midland Bank. Ashlar,
slate roof. 2 storeys with attics, prominent corner site, 2
bays with canted corner entrance, 4 bays with former entrance
to chambers right. Eclectic Classical style.
Recessed glazed double doors in wide moulded archway with
keystone and console brackets, paired oval lights above; more
modest doorway far right with single oval light. Corner bay
1st-floor window in architrave with scrolled pediment, deep
eaves cornice with carved stone brackets, clock turret with
scrolled base, pedimented gabled clock faces, ogee dome with
ball finial. Ground-floor windows are 3-light mullion and 2
transoms, in round-arched recesses, sill moulding, 1st-floor
string, 3-light mullion and transom windows to 1st floor with
pediments over, pedimented dormer windows, tall banded stacks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The building was illustrated in 'The Architect' magazine
c1880-90.

Listing NGR: SE3069634628

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656082

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings