School Of Education

The School of Education, located at Hillary Place on the University of Leeds campus, consists of a pair of houses, numbered 6 and 7, completed in 1861. They are possibly designed by Elisha Backhouse, who lived in No. 6, while No. 7 was for Joseph Ingham, a nail manufacturer. The buildings are constructed of red brick with stone details and feature a slate roof with chimney stacks positioned in front of the ridge on both sides.

These mirror-image houses are three stories tall and have six first-floor windows. The doorway of No. 7 has been altered to a window but still retains original features such as rusticated pilasters, an entablature with a carved panel, a moulded dentilled cornice, and a scrolled panel above, similar to No. 6. The windows consist of 4-pane sashes, with architraves on the ground floor, keystones, and bracketed sills on the first floor. The second-floor windows are shorter, featuring flat brick arches and stone sills. A stone band runs along the first-floor level, and the eaves are boxed in.

Inside No. 6, the narrow entrance hall includes paired columns in antis, a round arch, and egg-and-dart moulding with a modillion cornice. The full-height staircase boasts turned balusters, some adorned with deeply carved leaf motifs, and a ramped handrail. Joseph Ingham's manufactory was located at Calf Garth Mill in Hunslet, and the University purchased the pair of houses in 1963.