83 And 85, Roker Lane

SE23SW LS28 ROKER LANE PUDSEY (south side) SE2232 Nos 83 and 85 4/154 II GV

Pair of back-to-back houses. c1800. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 3 storeys. 2-cell plan double-depth. South front has central doorway with monolithic jambs covered by early C20 gabled glazed and timbered porch. Flanking bays have 3-light flat-faced mullioned window with recessed mullions and wider central sashed light to ground floor and 1st floor with 2-light window to 2nd floor. Coped gables with ridge stacks. Rear, fronts road, has doorway with monolithic jambs to left of small arched window with single light above to 2nd floor. Flanking bays have 2-light window to each floor. Left-hand return has wide 1st-floor doorway with monolithic jambs approached up a flight of 13 stone steps; 2-light window above to 2nd floor.

It is likely that this building was connected with textile manufacture having an external door perhaps to a lst-floor loom-shop.

Listing NGR: SE2291532270