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Latitude: 53.8191 / 53°49'8"N
Longitude: -1.5625 / 1°33'44"W
OS Eastings: 428900
OS Northings: 435954
OS Grid: SE289359
Mapcode National: GBR BDB.YR
Mapcode Global: WHC9C.Z83K
Plus Code: 9C5WRC9Q+J2
Entry Name: Hilly Ridge House
Listing Date: 5 August 1976
Last Amended: 11 September 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1256095
English Heritage Legacy ID: 465262
Also known as: The Vice-Chancellor's Lodge
ID on this website: 101256095
Location: Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6
County: Leeds
Electoral Ward/Division: Headingley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Leeds
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Woodhouse and Wrangthorn
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: House
LEEDS
SE2835NE GROSVENOR ROAD, Headingley
714-1/65/748 (East side)
05/08/76 Hilly Ridge House
(Formerly Listed as:
GROSVENOR ROAD, Headingley
Hilly Ridge House (Vice Chancellor's
Residence, Leeds Univ) incl gateway
to SW)
GV II
House. 1839, altered C20. For Joseph Matthew. Coursed stone,
slate hipped roof. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Central stone doorway
with pilasters and entablature. Sashes with glazing bars,
plain sills and lintels, continuous 1st-floor sill band.
Bracketed eaves, large square stacks left and right, behind
ridge. C20 added single-storey range left.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Joseph Matthew was the first occupier of 'Hill Ridge House';
he was a brass founder and axel maker of Camp Road, his works
was in Little Neville Street. The house is now the residence
of the Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University.
(Douglas, J (Victorian Society) pers. comm.).
Listing NGR: SE2890035954
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