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70 and 72 Park Lane, Bradford

A Grade II Listed Building in Trident, Bradford

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7817 / 53°46'54"N

Longitude: -1.7619 / 1°45'42"W

OS Eastings: 415783

OS Northings: 431735

OS Grid: SE157317

Mapcode National: GBR JHP.6X

Mapcode Global: WHC9G.X64Q

Plus Code: 9C5WQ6JQ+M6

Entry Name: 70 and 72 Park Lane, Bradford

Listing Date: 21 December 1977

Last Amended: 26 May 2011

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1132951

English Heritage Legacy ID: 336970

ID on this website: 101132951

Location: Holme, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5

County: Bradford

Civil Parish: Trident

Built-Up Area: Bradford

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Horton All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Summary


70 and 72 Park Lane are a pair of workers' cottages dating from c.1830, part of a terrace.

Description


The houses are constructed of sandstone 'bricks' and have stone-slate roofs, that of No 70 having been recently restored after it had been replaced with concrete tiles. The terrace is set back from the street behind a small front yard. Each house has a square-jambed doorway with a modern plastic door to the right, and a two-light window with mullion to the left. On the first floor of each is a two light window and a small single light over the doorway. No 70 has uPVC top opening window frames while No 72 has similar windows but timber framed. No 70 has a stone-built 'nettie' (toilet building) attached to the front wall of the yard; No 72's has been removed. To the rear No 70 has two uPVC framed windows to each floor, the right-hand ground-floor window being adapted to form an entrance. No 72 has three varied timber-framed first-floor windows, and a C20 extension occupying the full width of the ground floor.

Internally No 70 has a small entrance vestibule from which the stairs rise, and a door to the left leading into the main room. A small kitchen is situated in the far right corner with a door giving access to the cellar. The fireplace is blocked and the rear window has been extended to form an exit to the back yard. Upstairs, thin partition walls have been inserted to form two bedrooms and a bathroom. The interior of No 72 was not inspected.


History


A row of buildings on the site of Nos 70 and 72 Park Lane is shown on the 1852 OS 1:10560 map. The houses are said to date from the 1830s. This area of Bradford, to the south-west of the city centre was expanding throughout the C19 and was characterised by terraces of small workers' houses, including back-to-back houses of which many survive. The footprint of No 70 appears unchanged, but No 72 has a large extension to the rear.

The whole terrace, from No 60 to No 72, was designated in 1977 in 4 separate list entries which also include 1-11 Holme Top Lane.


Reasons for Listing


Nos 70 and 72 Park Lane, Bradford, are designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architecture: they are part of a terrace of cottages using local materials in a style adapted to provide accommodation for workers in the rapidly growing town
* Date: they date to c.1830, at the beginning of the building boom which transformed Bradford
* Survival: the pair retains original features, including stone slate roofs and an outside privy, and No 70 also has its original footprint as well as a staircase

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