Description

LEEDS

SE2736SE ALMA COTTAGES, Headingley
714-1/61/714 (North side)
22/09/75 Nos.5 AND 6
(Formerly Listed as:
HEADINGLEY LANE, Headingley
(North side)
Nos.1-8 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of cottages. c1860. Coursed squared gritstone, slate
roof. Gothic Revival style. One and a half storeys, 3 bays,
the central bay gabled. Long and short ashlar quoins. Facade
to roadway has cross-frame windows in rusticated surrounds, 1
altered. Arched entrances in left and right returns, door to
No.6 probably original with 4 panels; a small stone-roofed bay
window, and 2-light window in gable above. Elaborate eaves and
roof detailing includes deep carved wooden eaves brackets,
fish-scale slates, crested ridge tiles and 2 large 4-flue
corniced eaves stacks, some with tall crenellated chimney
pots.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
One of a group of 4 pairs of cottages built on a narrow strip
field shown on the 1850 Ordnance Survey map; the 1872
Directory shows that William Brown, warehouseman, lived at
No.5 and Thomas Cartwright, gardener, in No.6.
(Porter's Directory of Leeds and Neighbourhood: 1872-).

Listing NGR: SE2777036276

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548046

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)