Hopewell House

Hopewell House is a house, now used as an office, built in 1847 and converted in the 20th century. It was constructed for Henry Littlewood. The building features red brick in Flemish bond, with stone details and a rendered basement, topped with a slate roof. It has two storeys over a basement and three first-floor windows. The central entrance consists of a four-panel door with an overlight, framed by a stone surround supported by Tuscan three-quarter columns, with an entablature, cornice, and a blocking course that continues as a band on the first floor. The windows are tall four-pane sashes with slightly segmental rubbed brick arches and a rendered apron below. The first floor has smaller four-pane sashes. The building has paired gutter brackets and end stacks that are positioned forward of the ridge. The interior has not been inspected. Hopewell House was built on land owned by John Hebblethwaite, a merchant from Ridge House, which has since been demolished. His great nephew, John Hillary, initiated the development of houses in the area. Henry Littlewood was a coach proprietor in Briggate, and by 1861, the house was occupied by Henry Pritchard, a flax merchant.