229 and attached gate piers and railings, Woodhouse Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Public house. 7 related planning applications.

229 and attached gate piers and railings, Woodhouse Lane

WRENN ID
north-corbel-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Public house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Police and fire station and public library, now public house and brewery, with attached gate piers and gates. Dated 1901, possibly designed by WH Thorp. Converted around 1994.

The building is constructed in red brick with Bradford stone dressings, granite columns, and a green Westmorland slate roof with a lead-covered dome. It is executed in Italianate style and occupies a prominent corner site. The main structure comprises two storeys with a two-stage corner tower and a single-storey library entrance.

The main block spans five bays with windows arranged 3:2:2:2:3. The windows have flat arches with small pediments and round-arched plate-glass sashes. The left bay projects to form the tower. Nine-panel doors with triangular pediments are positioned in bays one and five, each flanked by round-arched windows. The central bay features an elaborate arched and traceried four-light window to the ground floor, its keystone carved with a pick-axe and hoses and olive boughs in the spandrels. This window is flanked by two orders of paired columns: Ionic on the ground floor and Corinthian on the first floor, which support a wide segmental pediment surmounted by a large coat of arms. The eaves feature a modillion cornice, and the parapet is balustraded with urns. A small domed bellcote or ventilator rises from the ridge.

The corner tower's first stage is square with Ionic pilasters and narrow round-arched windows, cornice, and balustraded parapet. Above this rises an octagonal stage with a clock face, composite pilasters at the angles supporting a modillion cornice with elliptical pediments and an arched niche at the heads, topped by a lead-clad dome.

The single-storey range to the far right is set back and has replacement eight-panel doors flanked by cross windows, the keystones carved with putti masks. Tuscan columns support a semicircular porch. The words 'FREE LIBRARY' are inscribed alongside paired putti with a plaque dated 1901. This section has a balustraded parapet with urns.

The left return facing Clarendon Road comprises four bays over two storeys with attics. A six-panel door in bay two has a large overlight and triangular pediment on console brackets. A canted bay window to the left features bolection moulding and blocking course. Paired round-arched windows occupy the right side, with segmental pedimented stone dormers.

The interior has not been inspected.

Attached to the left are a pair of octagonal gate piers approximately three metres high with roll-moulded capstones. They are accompanied by wrought-iron two-leaf and pedestrian gates with cusped motifs to the rails. The gateway leads to the rear yard area and was originally part of the reservoir complex.

The police station opened on 12 March 1902, with a construction cost of £6,201. The building closed in 1932 and was subsequently converted to Social Services premises before its current use. The building exemplifies the style of WH Thorp, who designed other police stations in the city.

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