Springfield House

Springfield House, originally known as the Diocese of Leeds Curial Offices, is located on Hyde Terrace within the University Campus. Built in 1792, it was restored in the 20th century and was commissioned by Thomas Livesey, a cloth dresser. The house is constructed of red brick with stone details and features a slate hipped roof. It has two storeys and five bays, with a window arrangement of 1:3:1. The central three windows project forward and are topped with a crowning pediment. A stone plinth supports the structure, and there is a central six-panel door with a fanlight, framed by three-quarter Tuscan columns, an entablature, and a dentilled pediment. The windows are sash style with restored frames, flat brick arches, and stone sills, along with a first-floor sill band and rectangular recessed panels between the floors. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, after Livesey's bankruptcy in 1836, the house was sold to Samuel Birchall, a Quaker woolstapler, who lived there until his death in 1854. His son, Edward, an architect born in 1838, also resided there. The estate was sold in 1865 to the Roman Catholic Diocese, which used the house as their office until after 1963.