Description

LEEDS

SE2835NW NORTH GRANGE ROAD, Headingley 714-1/64/797 (East side) Garden wall, gate piers and steps to Virginia House

GV II

Boundary wall, gate piers and steps. Early C19, possible later C19 alterations. Walls of coursed squared gritstone and ashlar, with rounded stone copings, gate piers of softer sandstone, stone steps. Encloses the gardens of Virginia House on the W and S sides (North Grange Road and Headingley Lane); the entrance gates having steps with flanking walls leading towards the house. Walling: overall length approx 100m, the northern end approx 5m high, ramped down twice; beyond the gate piers the lower section is approx 2m high, the stone changing from squared rubble to ashlar at the corner with Headingley Lane. Gate piers square in section, moulded plinth, recessed panels with carved flower in roundel, moulded cornice and entablature, gabled capstone. Flight of 7 steps with ashlar flanking walls and square-section terminals with moulded capstones. Included for group value.



Listing NGR: SE2847635738

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)