Former Coach House And Stables To Wheatfield House

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SE2836SW WOOD LANE, Headingley 714-1/62/830 (North side (off)) 05/08/76 Former coach house and stables to Wheatfield House (Formerly Listed as: WOOD LANE, Headingley Former stables (now kitchens) immediately to west of Wheatfield House)

GV II

Coach house and stables, now part of hospice premises. c1855, altered C20. Coursed squared hammer-dressed gritstone and ashlar, slate roof. 2 storeys over basement, 4-bay asymmetrical main S-facing facade. Rusticated quoins. Carriage arch left, now blocked, in Gibbs surround with horse's head carved on the keyblock, flanking Tuscan columns support broken scrolled pediment with pulvinated frieze above eaves; 2 windows centre in corniced and round-arched architrave, the upper part of the windows blocked and lower frames replaced; slightly projecting gabled bay right with inserted windows, deep bracketed eaves; wooden cupola with Ionic columns supporting dome surmounted by wind-vane to ridge. An ashlar band at cornice level and bands of rock-facaded rustication below is continued on other facades. Rear (to Alma Road): 6 windows, inserted doorway right with a blind rusticated arch under a gable above. Fenestration as front but the semicircular traceried overlights remain; inserted C20 dormers to roof. Right return: 5 windows with gable far right; steps down to basement entrance screened by retaining wall with ball finial; inserted doorways to ground and upper floors. INTERIOR: not inspected in detail but fittings removed when the building was converted to kitchen and freezer store; the building not in use at time of survey.

Listing NGR: SE2818336374