Dackawell House

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LEEDS NEW MARKET STREET (West side) Nos.22 and 24 Dackawell House

(Formerly listed as Nos.22 and 24 Backawell House)

GV II

Shop and offices. c1900. Possibly by SE Smith and J Tweedale. Steel frame, plain and moulded brick, roof not visible. Four storeys, two bays. C20 shop facade to ground floor; both bays have a full-height semicircular arched recess with three tiers of canted bay windows, the top-floor windows having a triangular pediment and a giant fanlight infilling the arch. A circular stone plaque centre, top, has raised letters: 'DACKAWELL HOUSE'. Brick corbels and stone band below a very shallow triangular pediment.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

Although attributed to Smith and Tweedale the multi-storey bay windows within a tall round arch are characteristic of Percy Robinson's corner building, Nos 2 & 4 Duncan Street, 1904 (qv). No.26 Lands Lane is similar in design, single bay (qv). (Douglas, J & Powell, K: Victorian Society Leeds Walks No.4: 1988-: 4).

Listing NGR: SE3033033419