The Three Legs Public House

LEEDS

SE3033NW THE HEADROW 714-1/76/387 (South side) No.9 The Three Legs Public House

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Public house. Mid C19, altered early C20. Brick faced with glazed faience and terracotta, slate roof. 3 storeys, 5 first-floor windows, the central window an oriel. Central arched entrance flanked by wide windows, paired windows above, all with keystones. Rectangular 2nd-floor windows divided by stepped pilasters; modillion eaves cornice, strapwork parapet with slender urns, end stacks flanked by screen walls to conceal shallow pitch of roof. The faience decoration extends across the ground floor and the oriel which has a plaque with the Three Legs symbol flanked by leaves and scrolls below and a balustrade above. INTERIOR: replanned and refitted late C20. The property was part of the Harrison estate by 1638 and in 1897 was sold to the Leeds Estate Company. In 1898 SW Wood, the owner of The Scarborough, Bishopgate Street (qv) bought the public house and sold it in 1902 to Joshua Tetley and Sons, the building then including a shop. The alterations and refronting date from that time.

Listing NGR: SE3036133698