Roebuck Memorial Homes Including The Terrace And Boundary Walls

The Roebuck Memorial Homes, built in 1932 by Clifford Hickson of the local architectural firm Hickson, Hickson and Hickson, consist of four pairs of interlinked cottages. Constructed from local stone that is dressed and coursed, the buildings feature dark grey tiled roofs and are two storeys high. Each pair of semi-detached houses is connected by open loggias, with a central open pavilion and a terraced garden in front, which is enclosed by a stone wall that has access gates at each end.

The houses have hipped roofs and a single tall chimney stack at the center of each pair. The doorways are in a classical style with pediments and plain doors, set within single-storey porches that have hipped roofs extending from the main roofs. Each house has a single six-light ground floor window with stone mullions and transoms, and a three-light stone mullioned window above. Although the window frames are modern, they are unobtrusive. The rear of the houses shows some variations in window arrangements but remains largely regular and appears original.

The central pavilion features a hipped roof and a portico with four engaged columns framing wrought iron gates, topped by a Tuscan style entablature with a coat of arms sculpture above. The front terrace garden includes stone paths, low walls, and steps, with a boundary wall on the front and sides that has wrought iron entrance gates leading to a drive at each end of the group, as well as a central wrought iron gate flanked by pillars. The entire group, including the gardens and boundary walls, faces the main Wakefield road. The interior has not been inspected.