Deans Cottage (Number 4)

Deans Cottage (Number 4) is a 17th-century rear wing with 19th and 20th-century alterations, and a late 18th-century front range originally a Methodist chapel, converted around 1845 into a pair of houses. The building is constructed of coursed squared gritstone with a slate roof, gable copings, and end stacks to the chapel range; the rear wing is of coursed rubble with a stone slate roof and a central stack projecting from the ridge.

The main facade, facing northeast, shows two storeys and a symmetrical arrangement of two bays per house, with a pair of entrances centrally positioned. Each entrance has a six-panel door with an overlight containing glazing bars, set within a plain stone surround. The windows are 20-pane, multi-pane sashes in stone surrounds. Differences in stonework coursing suggest earlier, taller chapel windows were altered. The rear range’s southeast facade features a three-light side-sliding sash window on the first floor, right side. Remaining window frames are 20th century but set within earlier openings.

Inside the rear wing, there is a three-bay king-post roof. The central room contains a spine beam with cyma stops, supporting the upper floor. The cottage has plain railings, iron gates, and a low stone garden wall with rounded coping in front of the gardens. The rear wing is a likely survival of a house in Headingley village, situated on the route to Kirkstall. At the time of the survey, the property was occupied as a single residence, including Number 4.