Description

LEEDS

SE3033SW HUNSLET ROAD
714-1/78/212 (West side)
Bridge House

GV II

Also known as: Tower House HUNSLET ROAD.
Shops and office block. c1875. Moulded red brick, ashlar
details, roof not visible, moulded stack to rear. 5 storeys,
on a triangular island site at the road junction to south of
Leeds Bridge.
Entrance on north corner flanked by fluted pilasters with
Corinthian capitals, similar entrances to other 2 corners,
pilasters also divide up the shop windows.
West and east facades similar: with 4 and 6 tall first-floor
windows, segmental arches, bands of elaborate moulded brick at
floor and impost levels; upper floors are lower, with 8 and 9
windows, a continuous moulding to window heads, deep dentilled
cornice to 4th storey. The top storey has more elaborate
Norman-style arcading and ornate pierced parapet.
Rear: panelled door in stone surround to right of centre;
decorative bands are carried around the building, the line
broken by the paired stair windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The character of the building is similar to those on the south
side of Boar Lane: the ground floor let as shops while the
rear door gives access to a staircase up to office premises
above.

Listing NGR: SE3032733060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547151

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock