61 AND 62, BOAR LANE

LEEDS

SE3033SW BOAR LANE 714-1/78/51 (North side) 29/09/95 Nos.61 AND 62

GV II

Shops and offices. c1870, altered C20. Rusticated ashlar, cast-iron details, slate roof. 4 storeys, a pair of 2 identical bays. Classical style. Ground floor: boarded late C20 shop fronts between C19 fluted cast-iron columns. Upper floors: sashes replaced with C20 casements; paired windows in architraves with pilasters, carved capitals, moulded strings and panels with scroll and key patterns; deep dentilled cornice on brackets support 2nd-floor cast-iron window balustrades and parapet with balustrade above 3rd floor. INTERIOR: not inspected. Identical in style to No.63 (qv), and originally to Nos 64 & 65 (now rebuilt and not included), a break in the line of the rustication indicates a separation between the properties. HISTORICAL NOTE: part of the important group surviving on the north side of Boar Lane which was rebuilt in the 1870s. In 1872 the 2 shops were occupied by G and NS Snook, draper, and C Goodall, stationer and bookseller; in 1875 the upper floors were occupied as Goodall's Chambers by The British Empire Mutual Life Insurance Company; H Budgett, tea etc merchant, and James Blakey, pawn broker. By 1888 No.61 was used by Jones and Co., sewing machine manufacturer, and No.62, probably together with the Chambers, by Goodall and Suddick, wholesale and retail stationers. (Directory of Leeds for 1872, 1875 and 1888).

Listing NGR: SE3010933396