Former Star And Garter Hotel

This is a former public house, later adapted for use as an entertainment complex, with an attached former stable and carriage house range to the right. The building dates from the late 18th century and has been altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed stone with hipped slate roofs. A ridge stack is located to the left of centre, and a tall stack projects forward from the ridge to the right of the front range. The rear has a gabled roof with a large central ridge stack and a hipped roof with a stack projecting forward to the right of centre on the stable range.

The main front range is three storeys tall and five bays wide, with a parallel two-bay range to the rear left. Attached to the right is a two-storey, seven-bay range, and a low, two-storey bay is located to the left. The main range has an entrance to the right of centre, with a pilastered surround. A former window is located to the left of centre. Throughout the range are sixteen- and twenty-pane sashes, some of which are blocked, set in plain stone surrounds; the central windows are coupled, and the outer windows are three sashes wide within full-height segmental bays.

The former stable range has outer bays that project slightly. The three centre bays feature two-storey segmental-arched recesses with a pedimented centre containing a blind round window flanked by a one-bay blocking course. Ground-floor openings have been altered or blocked. First-floor windows have eight panes and pivoted top lights, with plain surrounds and a continuous sill band. The central window is round-headed.

The ground floor interior has been replanned and refitted in the late 20th century. Upper floors retain the original plan, including a full-length corridor and main rooms at the front. Some original moulded doorcases and six-panel doors remain.

Historically, the Star and Garter was an important road house situated at the junction of the Leeds-Bradford and Leeds-Kendall roads, including a newly opened turnpike road in 1794. The actress Sarah Siddons is reputed to have stayed at the inn. By 1826, the inn was also used as a meeting place and trading location for local woollen manufacturers. Drawings from 1807 (held in the Leeds Museum collection) depict the rear of the building, possibly predating the stable/carriage house range; the rear range may be even earlier than the front facade.