Description

LEEDS

SE2836NW SHAW LANE, Far Headingley
714-1/60/674 (North West side)
05/08/76 Nos.23-29 (Odd)
and attached boundary wall
(Formerly Listed as:
SHAW LANE, Far Headingley
(South side)
Nos.23-29 (Odd))

II

Terrace of 4 houses. c1860, altered late C19 and C20. Coursed
square gritstone, ashlar details, slate roof, stone gable
copings, cast-iron gate.
2 storeys, symmetrical facade of 5 bays with 2:2:4:2:2
windows, the 2-window bays flanking the wide central bay
project and have twin gables. In Tudor style. Doorways with
overlights and stone cornices on console brackets; French
windows to ground floor, chamfered reveals with dripmoulds,
No.29 has late C19 canted stone bay with sashes. First-floor
sill band. Large 8-flue ridge stacks centre and between the
gables.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: boundary wall on road sides to Shaw Lane
and Moor Road: overall length approx 80m, from the N corner of
No.29, height approx 1.2m with pointed coping. Each house has
a pair of gate piers, square, banded and with pyramid
capstones; No.23 has a probably original gate, cast-iron bars,
dog bars, acanthus-type finials. No.29 has the name 'Morris
House' painted on the gate piers.
Similar style to Nos 6-12 Monk Bridge Road which front
Claremont Drive (qv), neither terrace is shown in the 1850 OS
map.

Listing NGR: SE2803836737

Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)