3 And 4, Alma Cottages

LEEDS

SE2736SE ALMA COTTAGES, Headingley 714-1/61/713 (South side) 22/09/75 Nos.3 AND 4 (Formerly Listed as: ALMA COTTAGES, Headingley Nos.1-8 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of cottages. c1860. Coursed squared gritstone, slate roof. Gothic Revival style. One and a half storeys, 3 bays, the central bay gabled. Long and short ashlar quoins. Facade to roadway has cross-framed windows in rusticated surrounds. Arched entrances in left and right returns, probably original 4-panel door to No.3, small stone-roofed bay window and 2-light window in gable above. Elaborate eaves and roof detailing includes deep carved wooden eaves brackets, fish-scale slates, crested ridge tiles and 2 large 4-flue corniced ridge stacks, some with tall crenellated chimney pots. INTERIOR: not inspected. One of a group of 4 pairs of cottages built on a narrow strip field shown on the 1850 Ordnance Survey map; the 1872 Directory shows that George Brown, gardener, and John Abbott, gardener, were the occupants, possibly working for the Alma Road house owners. (Porter's Directory of Leeds and Neighbourhood: 1872-).

Listing NGR: SE2778436260