5 And 6, Alma Cottages

5 and 6 Alma Cottages are a pair of cottages built around 1860, located in Headingley, Leeds. They are constructed from coursed squared gritstone and feature a slate roof in the Gothic Revival style. The cottages are one and a half storeys tall and consist of three bays, with the central bay being gabled. The facade facing the roadway includes cross-frame windows set in rusticated surrounds, although one window has been altered. There are arched entrances on the left and right sides, with the door to No. 6 likely being original and featuring four panels. Additionally, there is a small stone-roofed bay window and a two-light window in the gable above. The eaves and roof detailing are elaborate, showcasing deep carved wooden eaves brackets, fish-scale slates, crested ridge tiles, and two large corniced eaves stacks with four flues, some topped with tall crenellated chimney pots. The interior has not been inspected. These cottages are part of a group of four pairs built on a narrow strip of land, as indicated on the 1850 Ordnance Survey map. The 1872 Directory records that William Brown, a warehouseman, lived at No. 5 and Thomas Cartwright, a gardener, at No. 6.