Spring Hill

LEEDS

SE2835NE CUMBERLAND ROAD, Headingley 714-1/65/732 (East side) No.14 Spring Hill

GV II

House. 1846. By Thomas Shaw. For WH Smith, sharebroker. Later alterations. Coursed squared gritstone, ashlar details, steeply-pitched slate roof with gable copings and heraldic beasts at each apex. 2 storeys with attics, 3 bays to S facade with a 4th bay set back on right, its gable facing E. Gothic Revival style. The 3-bay front has a central gabled porch with half-glazed double doors in a moulded 4-centred arch, narrow window above. Cambered arches to window lights. Left: square bay window, 4 lights with blocking course, 2-light window to 1st floor, gablet above. Right: a 2-storey canted bay window of 4 lights, narrow attic window in gable above. Inserted dormer windows. Large ashlar stacks, pots removed, to left and right, rear of ridge. Rear: 3 bays, the central entrance bay projects, gabled bay right, 2- and 3-light windows with small-paned frames, an ashlar stack with 2 cylindrical flues above gable. INTERIOR: not inspected. The house was occupied by Thomas J Kendall, banker, in c1872. (Janet Douglas, Victorian Society, pers. comm.) (Porter's Directory of Leeds and Neighbourhood: 1872-; ).

Listing NGR: SE2878535837