Harrisons Houses And Attached Railings

LEEDS

SE2935 RAGLAN ROAD, Woodhouse 714-1/24/1259 (East side) 22/09/75 Nos.31-49 (Consecutive) Harrison's Houses and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: RAGLAN ROAD, Woodhouse The Harrison and Potter Trust Homes)

GV II

Formerly known as: Harrison's Almshouses RAGLAN ROAD Woodhouse. Almshouses and attached area railings. c1840, possibly late C19 additions, restored late C20. By John Clark. Red brick, Flemish bond, stone dressings, slate roof, wrought-iron railings. 2 storeys with basements, 11 bays to front with rear end wings forming a U-plan. In Tudor style. Central pointed-arch entrance with C20 glazed doors, at base of 3-storey tower which has a crenellated oriel window and 3-light mullioned window above, battlemented parapet with flanking chimneys. Flanking bays are gabled, outer bays break forward and are gabled. 2- and 3-light stone mullion windows with top-hinged casements; hoodmoulds to 1st-floor gable windows. Stone string and eaves courses, gable copings, ridge stacks left and right, added/rebuilt stack at left end. Rear (courtyard): chamfered pointed arch to entrance in rear wall to courtyard, stair turret right; C20 house doors with overlights in original openings, window frames replaced. Left return: 3 storeys and 5 bays, the upper storey centre and left rebuilt. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings on low ashlar wall link to outer bay corners; plain square-section standards and rails with bud finials. Rear wall to courtyard with ramped stone coping, battered twice.

Listing NGR: SE2931435184