Numbers 114-120 And Attached Wall

This is a terrace of four houses with an attached boundary wall, built in 1885 on the east side of Otley Road, Far Headingley, Leeds. The houses are constructed of red brick with buff faience detailing, likely produced by the Burmantofts pottery (then Wilcock and Co.), and have a grey slate roof.

The facade is eight bays wide, with two bays per house. The design is elaborate and symmetrical, reflecting a Jacobean style. Each house has two storeys with attics and basements. The front doors are panelled, with glazed upper sections and a three-pane overlight, all within a moulded round arch with a scrolled keystone. A window to the side of each door is similarly surrounded, and No. 114 displays a moulded panel with raised lettering indicating the date ‘AD 1885’. The ground floor features six-light semicircular bay windows with joggled voussoirs. A parapet above these windows has a relief strapwork pattern, along with corner brackets featuring dragons and griffins in high relief. Mullion and transom windows, with one, two, or four lights, are present on the first floor. Moulded string courses are fitted with original rainwater pipes. The elaborate gables have a three-light window and a segmental pediment with ball finials; each house also has a dormer window with two or four lights.

The interior remains uninspected but is likely to contain original tiling and fireplaces.

A boundary wall approximately 30 metres long and 2.5 metres high is attached to the south end of the houses. This wall has ball finials, dropping to around 1.5 metres in height at the corner with Otley Road; one ball finial is missing. The wall ramps down towards Hollin Mount and the east end has been rebuilt.

The terrace’s construction is linked to the business transformation of Wilcock and Co. by James Holroyd and the commissioning of London architect Maurice Bingham Adams to showcase the potential for Burmantofts faience in building design. Alfred Waterhouse's partnership with the Burmantofts Company also played a role. The terrace likely served as an exhibition of Burmantofts products, constructed after James Holroyd settled in Headingley.