Former Solicitor'S Office is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. House, shop, office.
Former Solicitor'S Office
- WRENN ID
- slow-wicket-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1985
- Type
- House, shop, office
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 4521 NE 8/4 15.7.85
PONTEFRACT BAXTERGATE (south-west side) Former Solicitor's Office (formerly listed as Baxter Gate)
GV II
House, then shop and office, disused at time of resurvey. C17 with late C19 refronting. Red brick in English garden wall bond; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows, with lower bay to left. Main range has on ground floor, from left, C19 shop front; flush door; 2-pane sash window. First floor: 4-pane sash windows. Windows have projecting sills and brick shallow segmental arches. End stack to right. Left bay has matching window on ground floor and ashlar blind oculus above. Visible through shop window is a very fine C17 ceiling, with a central lozenge with acorns and oak leaf foliage, within border of grapes and vine leaves; with pomegranates and vine trail fronds on outside of each corner, and contemporary simple moulded deep cornice; to rear, late C18 or early C19 turned baluster staircase. Earlier list description dates ceiling to c1630 and compares it to similar designs at the Nunnery, Arthington and Headlands Hall, Liversedge.
Listing NGR: SE4574721913
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