The Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Gatehouse.

The Castle

WRENN ID
hollow-tallow-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Gatehouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LEEDS

SE33NW ROUNDHAY PARK, Roundhay 714-1/7/1063 The Castle 05/08/76

II

Sham ruined castle gatehouse. Early C19, restored C20. For Thomas Nicholson. Random rubble with stone dressings. High pointed archway with dripmould flanked by high circular turrets containing stone newel stairs. Quatrefoil traceried 'window', mock arrow slits and vertical light slits for stairs. Doorways at base of turrets. Wall tops and crenellation consolidated and rebuilt since 1976. INTERIOR: not inspected. A view-point in the extensive grounds laid out 1803-1821 by Nicholson after he purchased the park from the 17th Baron Stourton. Overlooking the Waterloo Lake, it also faces the former Braim Farm, rebuilt in a mock medieval style, now Cobble Hall, Elmet Lane (qv).

Listing NGR: SE3349438451

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