Description

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SE3033SW7
14-1/78/266

LEEDS
NEW MARKET STREET (West side)
Nos.22 and 24
Dackawell House

(Formerly listed as Nos.22 and 24 Backawell House)

GV
II

Shop and offices. c1900. Possibly by SE Smith and J Tweedale. Steel frame, plain and moulded brick, roof not visible. Four storeys, two bays. C20 shop facade to ground floor; both bays have a full-height semicircular arched recess with three tiers of canted bay windows, the top-floor windows having a triangular pediment and a giant fanlight infilling the arch. A circular stone plaque centre, top, has raised letters: 'DACKAWELL HOUSE'. Brick corbels and stone band below a very shallow triangular pediment.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

Although attributed to Smith and Tweedale the multi-storey bay windows within a tall round arch are characteristic of Percy Robinson's corner building, Nos 2 & 4 Duncan Street, 1904 (qv). No.26 Lands Lane is similar in design, single bay (qv). (Douglas, J & Powell, K: Victorian Society Leeds Walks No.4: 1988-: 4).

Listing NGR: SE3033033419

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656034

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version