Numbers 2 And 4 And Attached Railings

LEEDS

SE2933SE BRITANNIA STREET 714-1/77/70 (East side) 19/12/91 Nos.2 AND 4 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: WELLINGTON STREET (North side) No.72)

GV II

Includes: No.72 WELLINGTON STREET. Woollen warehouse with basement railings. Mid C19. Red/brown brick, top storey rebuilt in brighter red brick, stone dressings, slate roof, wrought-iron railings. U-plan of 4 storeys over basement, 9 first-floor windows in 3 bays, the narrower outer bays break forward slightly and are gabled.4-pane sashes throughout. Ground floor: central goods entrance with stone surround of pilasters, entablature and shallow pediment; wide brick segmental-arched entrance at centre of right bay has 4 stone steps with nosed treads, a 4-pane overlight and flanking windows; wide segmental-arched window flanked by sashes far left; sashes flank the central entrance. Upper floors: sashes in brick arches throughout, a round-arched window at the centre of the outer bays, top floor, in a full-height shallow round-arched recess; above the central entrance the windows are in a full-height recess. Stone bands at floor and sill levels, eaves and gable coping, central panel above eaves flanked by blocks. Right return: 6 evenly-spaced windows, all flat-arched; large stone porch far right with panelled door in pilastered surround with entablature and cornice; stone floor and sill bands; stone and wrought-iron brackets above 2nd-floor windows, possibly sign-board supports. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: basement railings: moulded standards with vase finials, plain rails with spearhead finials. (Insurance plan of Leeds, sheet 7: 1886-).

Listing NGR: SE2957833464