Description

LEEDS

SE2934NW LYDDON TERRACE, University Campus
714-1/71/1168 (West side)
05/08/76 No.21
and attached railings

II

House with area railings. 1839, altered late C19. Red brick
with stone details, slate roof, wrought-iron railings.
3 storeys over basement, 2 first-floor windows. Stone steps
with moulded treads to left entrance: plain door with
diamond-paned overlight in stone surround with pilasters,
entablature and cornice. Fenestration: stone sills, continuous
sill band to 1st floor, painted wedge lintels; blocked
basement window, plate-glass sash to ground floor, probably
original sashes with 12 and 16 panes to 1st floor and with 6
and 8 panes to 2nd.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings: plain handrail to steps,
basement railings have pointed ball finials.
The 1841 census shows that the house was then occupied by
George Aitchison, assistant overseer of the poor, and 4
others; in 1851 the same occupier had taken in lodgers, the
architect George Reid Corson and his brother who had moved to
Leeds from Dumfries.
(Beresford M: Walks Round Red Brick: Leeds University Press:
1980-: 64).

Listing NGR: SE2909034621

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655938

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Recommended Books

• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)