Description

LEEDS

SE23NW POLLARD LANE, Whitecote
714-1/5/1239 (West side (off))
05/08/76 Whitecote House with adjoining
ranges

GV II

Large house with attached warehouses. Late C18 with
restoration and conversion to residential c1990. Coursed
squared hammer-dressed gritstone, stone slate roofs.
House of 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays, quoins; flanking
single-storey wings, of 2 bays, converted to house, on N side;
of 7 bays with ruined 2-storey end bay to S; cellars
throughout.
House: facade to canal has stone steps up to panelled door
with overlight in architrave with cornice and fluted frieze;
restored 16-pane sashes in plain surrounds, blocked round
window in gable, architrave to 1st-floor centre; band at floor
and eaves levels; square ashlar stack at centre of each roof
slope. Rear: central doorway in plain surround, tall
round-headed stair window above, 16-pane sashes, round-arched
window in gable.
N wing: new fenestration obscures arrangement of window and
loading door with steps down to cellar on canal side, arched
openings low down on left return.
The S wing retains original doorway in plain surround close to
house, left, C20 windows, cellar openings below. Raised ground
level obscures original openings in the ruined bay but lintel
on left return where the bay projects slightly from the line
of the S wing suggests cellar access at this point and similar
on the S wall.
INTERIOR: house not examined; cellar below N wing has
stone-flagged floor and cast-iron columns supporting timber
cross beams, blocked round-arched recesses suggest blocked
access to house cellars. S wing: roof structure of 6 pegged
double queen-post trusses, spine wall supporting cross beams
which span approx 12m.
An important canalside range possibly associated with local
brewery ownership; the warehouse doorway positions correspond
to the narrow gates in the canal-side railings (qv).

Listing NGR: SE2388936287

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656279

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings