Albion House is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. House.
Albion House
- WRENN ID
- late-minaret-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
LEEDS
SE33NW SPENCER PLACE, Sheepscar 714-1/7/1110 (West side) 22/09/75 No.50 Albion House
GV II
Large house. c1835 altered C20. Ashlar and stucco, slate roof. Heavy modillion cornice and blocking course. 2 storeys, 3 bays, centre projects slightly, in rusticated stucco, with parapet and cornice. Centre 1st-floor 3-light window with pilasters and pediment, other 1st-floor windows in moulded architraves. 2 ground-floor semicircular bays with entablatures and curved sashes, central doorway with attached columns supporting pediment, semicircular fanlight, glazing bars replaced with plate glass throughout. INTERIOR: not inspected. One of the row of 3 houses built in New Leeds, land sold by Earl Cowper for villas outside the town centre. The speculation was unsuccessful and only a small number of plots was built on by 1847; the failure of the venture contributed to Sir Walter Scott's insolvency. (Fraser, D (Ed): A History of Modern Leeds: Manchester: 1980-: 100).
Listing NGR: SE3132435382
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