Description

5112
SE 02 SE
SP/599

ST STEPHEN'S STREET
Nos 137-148 (consecutive)

II
GV

Terrace of 12 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.
3 light mullion and transom window to alternate sides with 3 light mullion window
above, some retain original glazing bars. Inner 10 houses paired with 5 gabled
dormers each of which has copings, kneelers and two single lights with transom
to the upper floor and later inserted paired windows below. Projecting course
at eaves provides continuous support to cast iron gutter. Gable ends quoined
with coped verges and kneelers. 6 square stacks to ridge have plinth, tabling
and vertical groove to each face. Garden walls in narrow coursed 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: SE0825422617

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431794

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)