Hunslet Engine Company Offices

The Hunslet Engine Company offices, built in 1864 but likely altered in 1880 or later, are located on Jack Lane in Hunslet, Leeds. This two-storey brick building features stretcher bond construction and a grey slate hipped roof with deep eaves brackets. A moulded brick stack is positioned forward of the ridge on the left side. The façade has nine first-floor windows, two of which are circular. A panelled door is set within a tall stone surround that includes a small pane overlight, an entablature, and a dentilled cornice with raised lettering that reads '1864/ THE HUNSLET ENGINE CO'. The building has narrow cross windows, with some alterations to the first-floor frames, stone sills, and contrasting brick lintels featuring stepped keyblocks, along with a first-floor sill band. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the Hunslet Engine Company was established in 1864 and succeeded the engineering business of E.B. Wilson, which had taken over the Railway Foundry of Charles Todd, founded in 1838 at the Pearson Street site. This building is part of the significant locomotive manufacturing centre in the Hunslet area during the later 19th and 20th centuries.