Description

SE2835NE
714-1/65/784
05/08/76

LEEDS
HEADINGLEY LANE, Headingley
(North East side)
No.54
Highfield House

GV
II

House, in use as a hall of residence at the time of listing.
c1830. For George Bischoff. Ashlar, hipped slate roof.
2 storeys, 5 bays with recessed outer bays.
Central porch with Tuscan columns supporting entablature
cornice and blocking piece. Segmental bowed stone bay windows
with large 3-light windows, Tuscan pilasters to mullions,
cornice and blocking course over. First floor: 3 windows with
plain lintels and continuous sill band, similar window bay 5.
Eaves cornice, shallow blocking course, end stacks.
INTERIOR: staircase hall has an oval lantern and
Jacobean-style ornate carved balusters of late C19 type.
George Bischoff purchased 122,000 square yards of the estate
of Mrs Barbara Bainbrigge in 1827 and built this house,
probably as a speculation. Samuel Glover, druggist, bought the
house soon after. Later used as a hall of residence for Leeds Polytechnic.
(Douglas, J (Victorian Society), pers. comm.).

Listing NGR: SE2853435755

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547543

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2