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St Johns Church of England Primary School and St Johns Almshouses Numbers 1-7 (Consecutive)

A Grade II Listed Building in Roundhay, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8298 / 53°49'47"N

Longitude: -1.4891 / 1°29'20"W

OS Eastings: 433720

OS Northings: 437175

OS Grid: SE337371

Mapcode National: GBR BX6.LX

Mapcode Global: WHDBC.3Z4X

Plus Code: 9C5WRGH6+W8

Entry Name: St Johns Church of England Primary School and St Johns Almshouses Numbers 1-7 (Consecutive)

Listing Date: 5 August 1976

Last Amended: 11 September 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255712

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465747

ID on this website: 101255712

Location: Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Roundhay

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Roundhay St John the Evangelist

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: Almshouse

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Description



LEEDS

SE3337SE WETHERBY ROAD, Roundhay
714-1/58/1071 (North side)
05/08/76 St John's C of E Primary School and
St John's Almshouses, Nos.1-7
(Consecutive)
(Formerly Listed as:
WETHERBY ROAD, Roundhay
(North side)
St John's (Roundhay) Church of
England ... Almshouses Nos 1-7 ...
wall in front)

GV II

Church school and almshouses. c1830, altered C20. By Thomas
Taylor. For Stephen Nicholson of Roundhay Park. Coursed
squared gritstone, ashlar details, slate roofs. In Tudor
style. Central school block flanked by long 10-bay ranges of
single-storey almshouses.
School with moulded coping to gable ends, central gabled porch
with pointed arched doorway, base of crocketed finial at apex
of gable; at each side are 2 large 2-light mullion and transom
windows with dripmoulds. Flanking this central school block
are 10-bay ranges of low single-storey almshouses with
projecting gabled end bays with large ornate barge-boards with
pendants, wide eaves and shallow square bay window with coved
cornice. Small 2-light mullioned windows and doorways with
dripmoulds, plank doors with cover moulds and decorative
wrought-iron hinges. Stone chimneys, shafts removed.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
An early drawing of the group is reproduced in Linstrum,
p.247.



Listing NGR: SE3275136983

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