Numbers 13 And 14 And Attached Railings

LEEDS

SE2934NE BLENHEIM SQUARE 714-1/72/36 (North East side) Nos.13 AND 14 and attached railings

GV II

Includes: Nos.25 AND 27 LEICESTER GROVE. Pair of houses with railings. 1822-31, altered C20. Red/brown brick, Flemish bond, rubbed brick details, slate roof. 3 storeys over basement; each house 3 windows wide with entrance right. Steps up to door with fanlight in plain stone surround with keyed arch and imposts. Segmental-arched basement windows, upper-floor window frames replaced, stone sills and flat brick arches. Dentilled eaves; large multi-flue stacks straddle ridge between the properties. Rear: semicircular bow window encased in wood and frames replaced on left (No.13), round-arched stair window openings survive, frames replaced. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings: surviving on right (No.13), enclose basement and flank steps, rails and standards with flower finials. Part of the first stage of the Finsbury Square built between 1822 and 1831 and shown on Fowler's map, now Nos 7-14 Blenheim Square. The oval garden was made but the S side of the square was never built. (Beresford M: East End, West End: Face of Leeds During Urbanisation 1684-1842: Leeds: 1988-: 344; Fowler C: Map of the town of Leeds and the Environs: 1831-; Ordnance Survey Map of Leeds: 1847-).

Listing NGR: SE2984834810