4 And 6, Shire Oak Road

LEEDS

SE2836SW SHIRE OAK ROAD, Headingley 714-1/62/816 (South side) Nos.4 AND 6

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Pair of semi-detached houses. 1893. By Francis Bedford. For James Bedford. Red brick, grey slate steeply pitched roof with attics, wide 5-window central bay and outer bays with full-height canted windows. Queen Anne Revival style. Central 2-panel door (No.4) with overlight in the form of a 3-light oriel with leaded panes, under a deep flat hood on scrolled iron brackets. Small-pane sash windows throughout, tall with segmental-arched head, 5 x 2 panes to ground floor and 4 x 2 panes above, all with moulded brick sills and brick apron panels. Brick dentilled eaves carried around outer bays as deep cornices with wooden balustrade, missing on left. Segmental pediments to 2 front dormers, tall square stacks to left and right, forward of ridge. Entrance to No.6 on left return, centre: 2-panel door, deep flat hood suspended on iron scrolled brackets, windows as front. Right return: a large bow window with wooden casements ground floor centre. INTERIOR: not inspected in detail; No.4 retains original panelled walls and moulded fire surround, panelled doors with ornate fittings in front room. One of the first buildings by Francis Bedford, the most important Leeds architect of this period (d.1904).

Listing NGR: SE2815036051