Description

5112
SE 02 SE
SP/598

ST STEPHEN'S STREET
Nos 117-136 (consecutive)
Includes 97-116 (consecutive)
Railway Terrace

II
GV

Back-to-back terrace of 40 houses. 1840's for Colonel Edward Akroyd probably
by W H Crossland. Hammer dressed stone with ashlar dressings. Slate roof.
Chamfered plinth. Tudor arched doors with ornamental strap hinges in stop-chamfered
surrounds. End houses break forward under coped gables with 3 light mullion
and transom windows to both floors and blind lancet above. Door in return elevation.
Others have door with 3 light mullion and transom window to alternate sides
with 3 light mullion window above but offset and single light to other side
forming a pair with adjacent house. Nos 122/123 and 130/131 (also 102/103 and
110/111 Railway Terrace) similar but with shared gable dormer with paired single
light with transom. All windows double chamfered. Projecting course at eaves
provides continuous support to cast iron gutter. 9 stacks to ridge have plinth
and tabling. Garden walls to St Stephen's Street in narrow sandstone with triangular
copings. Important early example of planned industrial housing. N Pevsner,
Yorkshire West Riding (London 1979) p 170, D Linstrum, West Yorkshire Architects
and Architecture (London 1978)p 135-6.

Listing NGR: SE0834222571

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431793

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