Description

LEEDS

SE3034 QUEEN SQUARE 714-1/29/332 (North West side) 05/08/76 Nos.5 AND 6

GV II

2 houses, now premises of Leeds Metropolitan University. Early C19, altered later C19. By John and George Bischoff. Red brick, Flemish bond, stone details, slate roof. Each house of 3 storeys and 2 bays, the entrance in the left bay and a straight join between. No.5: 4-panel door with fanlight in stone panelled architrave with cornice; sashes with stone sills and wedge lintels, plate glass to ground floor, 4-pane to 1st floor, possibly original glazing bars to 2nd floor, (12-pane left, 16-pane right). Gutter brackets, end stacks. No.6 similar, with console brackets and deep cornice to entrance; the front wall extends to the ridge line of No.7 (qv), at right angles to No.6. INTERIOR: not inspected. Part of the development by the Bischoff brothers, the NW side of the Square begun 1806 and continued until 1822. (Beresford, M: East End, West End: Face of Leeds During Urbanisation 1684-1842: Leeds: 1988-: 334).



Listing NGR: SE3003334278

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