42 And 44, Greenside

A pair of cottages at 42 and 44 Greenside, Pudsey, incorporates substantial remains of an earlier timber-frame building, subdivided in the 18th century, with later 19th-century alterations. The cottages are constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof. They are two storeys high, except for the rear of the first cell, which is single-storey, representing the remnants of an aisle or outshut. The original plan was a simple two-cell central direct-entry design. Quoins are visible on the right gable only. The first cell has a doorway with monolithic jambs, alongside a four-light double-chamfered mullioned window. Above this is a five-light chamfered mullioned window. The second, taller cell contains a doorway with ashlar monolithic jambs, a deep lintel bearing a date inscription, a roll-moulded surround, and a two-light chamfered mullioned window above. To the left are two four-light double-chamfered mullioned windows on each floor, featuring lowered sills and renewed chamfered mullions. The right gable displays an external ashlar stack, while a brick ridge stack is located where the first and second cells meet. The rear elevation includes a small square window with a three-light thin flat-faced mullioned window above, and the remains of a former three-light window to the outshut. The right-hand return shows a two-light chamfered mullioned window to the right of a stepped stack. Above this is a blocked rectangular chamfered light at mezzanine level, beneath a window of two square lights.

Inside the first cell, original features include posts with jowelled heads, a tie-beam with mortices for a close-studded wall, a king-post truss, and a fireplace with a square-headed and cyma-moulded surround. The second cell features a large segmental-arched fireplace and a queen-post truss roof, inserted when the roof was raised.