Hough Lane Centre

The Hough Lane Centre, formerly known as the Bramley Board School, is a community centre located in Bramley, Leeds. It was built in 1877 by architect Richard Adams. The building is constructed from coursed rock-faced gritstone and features a slate roof. It has a single-storey, three-bay central hall with gabled cross wings, designed in the Gothic Revival style.

The centre has three finely detailed entrances located in short gabled bays at the far left and far right, as well as one to the right of the centre in the main range. Each entrance has a board door with two glazed panels and traceried overlights, along with a circular panel above. The central gabled bay showcases a transomed window with three cusped lights, flanked by single lights set in chamfered arched recesses. Above this, there is a carved band with raised lettering that reads "LEEDS/ BOARD SCHOOLS," along with a trefoil panel above. The gable features copings and a bud finial, and at the junction with the main ridge, there is a tall square-section bellcote or ventilator flue with carved openwork sides and a lead-covered octagonal spire topped with a finial.

The gabled wings include a tall four-light window with two transoms on the left side, and two three-light windows on the right side, with an external stack that has a carved ashlar trefoil-arched niche between. The building has three ridge stacks, one with a moulded bulbous cap and the other two reduced in size.

The interior has not been inspected, but it originally featured a central infants' entrance with the boys' and girls' entrances positioned as far apart as possible. Richard Adams was the architect for Leeds Board Schools from 1873 to 1886, during a time when there was significant pressure to quickly build schools for the rapidly growing population. He was responsible for 35 schools, of which about 16 still exist today, and the Hough Lane Centre is considered a fine example of his Gothic design for larger single-storey schools.