Former Coach House And Stables To Bardon Hill

This is a former coach house and stables, built between 1873 and 1875 and largely rebuilt around 1902 by Thomas Winn for Joseph Pickersgill. It is situated off Weetwood Lane in Leeds. The building now serves as a dining room, gymnasium, and flat. It has a U-shaped layout with a central domestic wing flanked by projecting north (stables) and south (coach house/exercise area) wings. The architecture is in a Vernacular Revival style.

The ground floor is constructed of coursed gritstone, while the upper floor is timber-framed and has a red tiled roof. Notable features include stable doors with branched strap hinges and moulded raised lintels with flanking and top lights featuring decorative coloured glass within a shallow pointed arch of ashlar voussoirs. This arch is repeated in windows and doors throughout the stable yard. The ground floor main range features large windows with wooden small-pane frames, while the first floor has similar windows to the north wing. The east gables of the wings feature windows above a moulded stone string, with carved brackets below a cambered machicolated collar and tiled gablet. A low wall with wrought-iron railings, incorporating scrolled Art Nouveau motifs and rusticated piers, encloses the yard. A distinctive wrought-iron panelled external staircase and a semicircular lobby are located on the rear west facade, along with gables to the left and right. The rear yard walls are also accompanied by railings, with ball finials to the gate piers and timber panelled gates with strap hinges.

The interior retains fine tiling in the stables, along with cast-iron stall divisions and stained-glass windows. The rear engine house and lobby also have tiling, and the yard floor is laid with a herringbone pattern of cobbles and tiles. Historical records show that a Cambridge Quarter Clock with four illuminated dials and five bells was supplied around 1901 for Joseph Pickersgill at Bardon Hill. Joseph Pickersgill was a millionaire race-horse owner, as noted in his obituary in 1920.