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Highfield House

A Grade II Listed Building in Headingley, Leeds

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Latitude: 53.8173 / 53°49'2"N

Longitude: -1.5681 / 1°34'5"W

OS Eastings: 428534

OS Northings: 435755

OS Grid: SE285357

Mapcode National: GBR BCC.RD

Mapcode Global: WHC9C.W9GX

Plus Code: 9C5WRC8J+WQ

Entry Name: Highfield House

Listing Date: 5 August 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255995

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465392

ID on this website: 101255995

Location: Headingley Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Headingley

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Headingley St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


SE2835NE
714-1/65/784
05/08/76

LEEDS
HEADINGLEY LANE, Headingley
(North East side)
No.54
Highfield House

GV
II

House, in use as a hall of residence at the time of listing.
c1830. For George Bischoff. Ashlar, hipped slate roof.
2 storeys, 5 bays with recessed outer bays.
Central porch with Tuscan columns supporting entablature
cornice and blocking piece. Segmental bowed stone bay windows
with large 3-light windows, Tuscan pilasters to mullions,
cornice and blocking course over. First floor: 3 windows with
plain lintels and continuous sill band, similar window bay 5.
Eaves cornice, shallow blocking course, end stacks.
INTERIOR: staircase hall has an oval lantern and
Jacobean-style ornate carved balusters of late C19 type.
George Bischoff purchased 122,000 square yards of the estate
of Mrs Barbara Bainbrigge in 1827 and built this house,
probably as a speculation. Samuel Glover, druggist, bought the
house soon after. Later used as a hall of residence for Leeds Polytechnic.
(Douglas, J (Victorian Society), pers. comm.).

Listing NGR: SE2853435755

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