76-88, VICAR LANE (See details for further address information)

LEEDS

SE3033NW VICAR LANE 714-1/76/411 (East side) 17/06/96 Nos.76-88 (Even)

GV II

Formerly known as: County Houses VICAR LANE. Includes: Nos.11 AND 13 HAREWOOD STREET. Includes: Nos.2-8 EASTGATE. Shops, workshops and hotel. Early C20, altered late C20. Brick, banded terracotta, grey slate roof with 3 tall moulded brick stacks forward of ridge to left of centre and far left on left return. 3 storeys and attics, 6 bays, canted bay to corner (Eastgate) and 2 bays on left return. Ground floor: late C20 shop fronts; 1st floor: large segmental-arched windows, 3 round-headed windows to corner, grey terracotta voussoirs. 2nd floor: 1-, 2, and 3-window grouping, sashes arranged 2:3:3:1:3:3:3 with terracotta above transom level, moulded lintels, cornice, parapet. Attic storey: paired windows in pedimented gables with moulded plaques in the tympanum, ramped parapet between, 2 dormer windows; corner turret with sashes as 2nd floor; eaves brackets, domed lead roof. Left return, (Eastgate): 2 full-height bays with gable and dormer window and a lower, 3-storey block to left in banded brick and terracotta, narrow upper-floor windows. Rear, (Harewood Street): to left of rear yard access a 3-window facade as front, to right a symmetrical gabled facade with terracotta plaques including a female mask in Art Nouveau style, kneelers and gable coping. INTERIOR: not inspected. The 1910 directory indicates the following users of the building: H Gilchrist, house furnisher; Nos 78 & 80 Gardam Bros., clothiers; No.82: County Hotel, Leeds; No.88: Thornton and Hodgson, tailors. (Kelly's Directory of Leeds: 1910-).

Listing NGR: SE3044933692