7 And 8, Mill Hill

7 and 8 Mill Hill is a warehouse that has been converted into a restaurant and offices. It was built in the early 19th century and has undergone alterations in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of red-orange brick in both random and English bond patterns, and it likely has a slate roof. It features a modillion eaves cornice, probably made of wood, and stands five storeys tall, with the top storey located in the roof space.

There are five first-floor windows, with the two outer windows set in slightly recessed bays, and the building is two rooms deep. The windows are 4-pane sashes throughout, with stone sills and rubbed brick wedge-type flat arches above the original openings. The top-storey windows are almost square and have rectangular blind panels above them. Some alterations have been made to windows two and four on each floor: the first-floor loading door has been reduced, and a bracketed cornice has been added to the window; the second-floor loading door is blocked, and a shallow segmental pediment has been added to the window cornice; the third-floor window features a shallow segmental arch above a blocked loading door.

The ground-floor frontage has been altered in the 20th century, with entrances on the left and right. The left return is rendered, featuring a window below the gable that is set forward of the ridge, while the right return has blocked windows similar to those on the original front.

Inside, the entrance on the left leads to stairs that rise to the roof space, which is likely the original position of the stairs. The top storey has been examined in detail, revealing a roof structure that consists of four trusses made of sawn timbers approximately 0.8 by 0.25 meters in size. The roof features pairs of queen posts about 3 meters high that clasp the collar, with two sets of purlins pegged at the junction with double principal rafters. The outer ends of the principal rafters rest on short beams raised above the floor level. Although there has been considerable alteration and repair, the roof structure is likely original, as the raised trusses correspond with the blind panels below the eaves on the front of the building. Historical directories of Leeds from 1839 and 1875, along with an Ordnance Survey Map surveyed in 1847, provide additional context for the building's history.