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37 and 38, Hanover Square

A Grade II Listed Building in Hyde Park and Woodhouse, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8009 / 53°48'3"N

Longitude: -1.5606 / 1°33'38"W

OS Eastings: 429038

OS Northings: 433930

OS Grid: SE290339

Mapcode National: GBR BFK.C8

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.0Q4K

Plus Code: 9C5WRC2Q+8Q

Entry Name: 37 and 38, Hanover Square

Listing Date: 5 August 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1256069

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465282

ID on this website: 101256069

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS3

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Hyde Park and Woodhouse

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Leeds St George

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


LEEDS

SE2933 HANOVER SQUARE 714-1/35/200 (West side) 05/08/76 Nos.37 AND 38

GV II

Semi-detached pair of houses. c1823. Probably by James Piggott Pritchett. For George Rawson. Red brick, stone details, slate roof. 3 storeys with basement, 6 first-floor windows. Steps up to central paired doors in large shallow portico of 2 pairs of Tuscan columns supporting heavy entablature, cornice and blocking course. Fenestration: flat brick arches, mostly sashes with glazing bars; panelled aprons to ground floor, deep sill band to 1st, stone sills to 2nd. Moulded eaves cornice, end stacks. INTERIOR: Nos 37 and 38 both have entrance hall with Moorish tiled dado and elaborate plasterwork in Moorish style. George Rawson was the owner of Denison Hall and in 1823 James Pritchett designed the layout of Hanover Square for Rawson who was selling the grounds for housing development. (Linstrum, D: West Yorkshire Architects and Architecture: London: 1978-: 383).



Listing NGR: SE2903833930

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