Former tram shed is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1988. Tram shed. 9 related planning applications.
Former tram shed
- WRENN ID
- western-quartz-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1988
- Type
- Tram shed
- Address
- Former tram shed, 135 and 135a, Otley Road, Guiseley, LS20 8LY
- OS grid reference
- SE 182 424
- Coordinates
- 53.87749, -1.72355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a former tram shed, likely dating from around 1909 and originally built for Leeds City Tramways. It has been altered since its original construction. The building is constructed from rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings, and has a roof of composition tiles. It is a long, rectangular structure with set-back canted wings designed for vehicle entrances. The design is in a classical style.
The building stands two and a half storeys high, with nineteen bays, plus single-bay wings, and is symmetrical, featuring a projecting three-bay centre. It has rusticated quoins, a first floor band at a high level, and large, vertical rectangular windows at ground floor level. These windows have raised moulded sills and flat-arched heads with triple keystones; the centre of the projecting section features raised rock-faced vertical panels with central roundels. Square windows are present at the first floor, except within the projecting centre, and have rock-faced lintels. There is a prominent cornice and a low parapet.
Each end wing has a large, flat-arched vehicle doorway with a triple keystone and splayed voussoirs, alternately rock-faced. The left-hand end wall features three windows with panels between them, which are horizontal and otherwise similar to those on the front elevation. The parapet displays a panel with raised lettering reading "LEEDS CITY TRAMWAYS".
Local climate
Former tram shed receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 20 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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