Spencer House is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. House.

Spencer House

WRENN ID: quiet-flint-soot
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Leeds
Country: England
Type: House
Source: Historic England listing

Description

LEEDS

SE33NW SPENCER PLACE, Sheepscar 714-1/7/1112 (West side) 22/09/75 No.52 Spencer House

GV II

Large house. c1835, altered C20. Stuccoed, low-pitched slate roof with wide bracketed eaves. 2 storeys, 3 bays, wide centre semicircular projection with 3-light window. C20 casements. Central glazed door with flanking windows. Stuccoed chimneys with cornices. INTERIOR: not inspected. One of the row of 3 houses built in New Leeds on land sold by Earl Cowper for villas outside the town centre. The speculation was unsuccessful and only a small number of plots was built on by 1847; the failure of the venture contributed to Sir Walter Scott's insolvency. Included for group value. (Fraser, D (Ed): A History of Modern Leeds: Manchester: 1980-: 100).

Listing NGR: SE3132935411

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