1 and 2, Alma Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
1 and 2, Alma Cottages
- WRENN ID
- little-chimney-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SE 278 362
- Coordinates
- 53.82189, -1.57874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of cottages built around 1860, with alterations made in the 20th century. They are constructed from coursed squared gritstone and have a slate roof, showcasing a Gothic Revival style. The cottages are one and a half storeys high and consist of three bays, with the central bay featuring a gable. The corners of the building are accentuated with long and short ashlar quoins.
The facade facing the roadway includes cross-frame windows set in rusticated surrounds, although the windows on No.2 have been altered. There are arched entrances on the left and right sides, along with a small bay window that has a stone roof and a two-light window in the gable above. The eaves and roof display elaborate detailing, including deep carved wooden eaves brackets, fish-scale slates, crested ridge tiles, and two large corniced ridge stacks with four flues, some topped with tall battlemented chimney pots.
The interior has not been inspected. These cottages are part of a group of four pairs built on a narrow strip of land, as shown on the 1850 Ordnance Survey map. According to the 1872 Directory, Joseph Sunderland, a builder, lived at No.1, while Thomas Horsfall, a woollen printer, resided at No.2.
Local climate
1 and 2, Alma Cottages receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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