Description

LEEDS

SE23NE WEETWOOD COURT, Weetwood
714-1/6/1221 (West side)
No.37
Weetwood Manor

II

Large house, now flats. c1875. Probably by John Simpson.
Coursed squared rock-faced gritstone, ashlar details, blue
slate roof with fish-scale decoration. 3 storeys, 3 x 3 bays.
Gothic Revival style, ashlar quoins. Central entrance in
projecting turret: chamfered arch, carving in tympanum,
hoodmould, 2- and 3-light windows above, deep bracketed eaves
and lucarne window; tall spire. Paired plate-glass sashes,
carved barge-boards and finial to gable right, tall moulded
stacks to ridge, centre. Right return: wide gabled bay with
canted bay window left, narrower gabled bay with square
full-height bay window right, central dormer window.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
In course of restoration and conversion to flats at time of
Review (1992). Built on or close to the site of 'Weetwood
Lodge' marked on the 1834 map, this house was occupied by
Frederick Baines in 1888 and probably built for him.
(Linstrum D: West Yorkshire Architects and Architecture:
London: 1978-: 384; Baines and Newsome: Map of the Borough of
Leeds: 1834-).

Listing NGR: SE2741037626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547306

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)