Description

LEEDS

SE23NE PARKSIDE ROAD, Meanwood
714-1/6/973 (North side (off))
Oddy's Fold, Nos.3-8 (Consecutive)

II

Terrace of 6 quarry workers' houses. Early C19, altered C20.
Coursed squared gritstone from local quarry, herring-bone
tooling, stone slate roofs.
Built in 2 blocks of 3 one-bay houses, the roof stepping down;
left block (Nos 3, 4 & 5): d,w,w,d,w,d; the right block (Nos
6, 7 & 8): w,d,w,d,w,d. No.8 only occupied, the remainder
boarded or breeze blocked openings, excepting No.3 which
retains probably original 3-board door with tapering
round-ended strap hinges.
Door surrounds are of sawn stone with tie-stone jambs,
slightly projecting; the windows have no jambs but large
lintels incised in imitation of voussoirs and projecting
sills, 4- or 8-pane sashes.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Probably built c1810 for quarry workers, Meanwood quarry was
opened by the early C18 and supplied building stone for the
C19 city, including Mill Hill Chapel, Park Row (qv), and
nationally including the Royal Dockyards.
(Hopwood WA & Casperson FP: Meanwood; Village, Valley,
Industry and People: 1986-: 19).

Listing NGR: SE2848137869

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656274

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)