Description

LEEDS

SE2933NE PARK PLACE
714-1/75/291 (North side)
26/09/63 Nos.17, 18 AND 19
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
PARK PLACE
(North side)
Nos.17-19 (Consecutive))

GV II

3 houses, now offices, with area railings to No.17 (right).
1791, restored 1988, area railings late C19. By William
Hargrave. No.17 for JT Vincent, gentleman. Red brick, stone
details, cast-iron area railings, roof not visible.
3 storeys, 3 houses, of 3, 5 and 3 bays, in one composition.
Central block, (No.18): central doorway with three-quarter
Tuscan columns, fanlight and pediment; sashes with glazing
bars, slightly cambered wedge lintels, stone sills in
round-arched recesses forming an arcade with impost moulding
to ground floor; 6 giant Ionic pilasters rise above 1st-floor
band, blind balustrade below 1st-floor windows. Restored
entablature, cornice and pediment with semicircular window in
the tympanum. Flanking blocks have arcaded ground floor as
centre, restored doorcases, plate-glass sashes, 2nd-floor
window lintels raised and parapets restored.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings to No.17: standards with ball
finials, bars with scrolls and acorn finials.
The size and style is similar to Nos 5-7 at the east end of
Park Place (qv). William Hargrave built houses on land leased
from the Wilson estate; he leased them on to merchants and
gentlemen leaving the congested medieval town centre.
(Beresford, M: East End, West End: Face of Leeds During
Urbanisation 1684-1842: Leeds: 1988-).

Listing NGR: SE2952433610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656199

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