Description

LEEDS

SE2934NE WOODHOUSE LANE, University Campus
714-1/72/1176 (South West side)
No.173
Hopewell House

II

House, now office. 1847, converted C20. For Henry Littlewood.
Red brick, Flemish bond, stone details, render on basement,
slate roof.
2 storeys over basement, 3 first-floor windows. Central
4-panel door with overlight in stone surround of Tuscan 3/4
columns, entablature, cornice and blocking course continued as
1st-floor band. Tall 4-pane sashes with slightly segmental
rubbed brick arches, rendered apron below. Smaller 4-pane
sashes to 1st floor. Paired gutter brackets, end stacks
forward of ridge.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Built on the land of John Hebblethwaite, merchant, of Ridge
House (demolished) whose great nephew, John Hillary, began the
development of houses in the area. Henry Littlewood was a
coach proprietor in Briggate; by 1861 the house was occupied
by Henry Pritchard, flax merchant.
(Beresford M: Walks Round Red Brick: Leeds University Press:
1980-: 22).

Listing NGR: SE2971434511

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547233

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (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)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)