Former Lodge To Headingley Castle

This is a lodge house, dated 1866, originally serving Headingley Castle. Constructed of coursed squared gritstone with a graduated slate roof, it is built in the Gothic Revival style. The building is two storeys high, with the upper storey set within the roofline, and comprises two bays by two bays. Features include a plinth and quoins. A board door is set within an arched surround with a hoodmould, above which the motto ‘ACE QUOD ACIS’ is carved. Plate-glass sash windows are present on both floors. The right-hand bay projects and is gabled with a half-hipped roof, incorporating a canted bay window to the ground floor. Bracketed eaves and a central stack are also visible. The left return, facing the road, has two sash windows with carved shields above, bearing the initials 'ADT' and the date '1866'. A continuous moulded string course runs above these windows. The interior has not been inspected. It is thought that the original lodge to Headingley Castle is now located at No.62 Headingley Lane. Access to the castle was likely interrupted when the Wesleyan College (now Mount St Joseph’s) was constructed nearby.