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LEEDS

SE23NE PARKSIDE ROAD, Meanwood 714-1/6/970 (South side) 05/08/76 No.103 Fairfax House (Formerly Listed as: PARKSIDE ROAD, Meanwood Fairfax House)

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House. Dated 1630, rebuilt c1905. Coursed squared gritstone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Central top-glazed door in chamfered quoined surround, large lintel cut to a shallow pointed arch with an incised panel with raised lettering 'TAP-WP 1630'; stone brackets with flat moulding over. Two 5-light recessed chamfered mullion windows with hoodmoulds and carved stops to ground floor, 4-, 2-, 4-light mullion windows to first floor. Cyma-moulded kneelers and gable copings, shaped finials. INTERIOR: not inspected. The C17 house on the site stood at right angles to the road and by 1905 was 3 cottages, disused. The stonework was re-used to build the new house by 1911 in the Vernacular Revival style; the re-set brackets over the door are similar to those at Weetwood Hall (qv), 1625. The rebuilt house was known as Hawcaster House. (Hopwood WA & Casperson FP: Meanwood: Village, Valley, Industry and People: 1986-: 62).



Listing NGR: SE2822038074

External Links

• Wikidata Q26656271

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