Description

LEEDS

SE2933NE PARK PLACE
714-1/75/288 (North side)
26/09/63 Nos.13 AND 14
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
PARK PLACE
(North side)
Nos.13 AND 14)

GV II

Houses, now offices, with area railings. 1788-91, restored
C20. By Wiliam Hargrave. Red brick, Flemish bond, slate roof,
wrought-iron railings. 3 storeys and basement, each of 3 bays.
Entrance to each is on the left: fielded-panel doors with
fanlight in wooden pilastered surround, entablature and
pediment. Restored sashes with glazing bars, stone sills and
slightly cambered wedge lintels, 1st-floor sill band.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Railings with gate right, the standard has a maker's plaque:
'A DOUGILL/ 36 GT GEORGE ST/ LEEDS'; bars have ball finials.
William Hargrave, master carpenter, built most of the houses
in Park Place on land leased from the Wilson estate; the
houses and workshops were leased to the wealthy cloth
merchants and professional people moving out of the congested
medieval town centre.
(Beresford, M: East End, West End: Face of Leeds During
Urbanisation 1684-1842: Leeds: 1988-: 163).

Listing NGR: SE2958333595

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656194

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Suffolk: East (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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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)