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Listed buildings in Leeds (Cross Gates and Whinmoor Ward) 
Summary
Cross Gates and Whinmoor is a ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It contains nine listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward is a suburb to the east of the centre of Leeds, and is mainly residential. Most of the listed buildings are on the eastern rural edge of the ward, and consist of houses and associated structures, a farmhouse, and two railway bridges.
Key edit
| Grade | Criteria[1] |
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| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings edit
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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| Dovecote, Manston Hall Farm 53°48′20″N 1°25′34″W / 53.80569°N 1.42611°W |
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c. 1500 | The dovecote is in stone and orange brick, with quoins and a stone slate roof. It has a square plan, and contains a boarded opening with a brick segmental head in the south wall, and a doorway in the north wall.[2] | II |
| Redhall House 53°50′32″N 1°28′28″W / 53.84219°N 1.47437°W |
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17th century | The house was extended in the 18th century, and again in the 19th century. It is in red brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, sill bands, a moulded eaves cornice, and slate roofs. There are two storeys and attics, a front of nine bays, and a three-bay rear wing. The middle five bays are the original part, and the middle three bays project under a pediment. In the centre is a doorway with an eared architrave and a pediment, flanking it are narrow windows, and above it is a large semicircular window with an architrave and a keystone. The other windows are sashes with architraves, some with pediments, some with cornices, and some with keystones.[3][4] | II |
| Austhorpe Hall 53°48′08″N 1°26′24″W / 53.80221°N 1.43993°W |
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1694 | A country house in brick with quoins, a modillion cornice, and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys, attics and cellars, and a front of seven bays, the middle bay projecting under a pediment. The central doorway has an eared architrave, a pulvinated frieze, a plaque with the date and initials, and a broken pediment. The windows are mullioned and transomed with eared architraves.[5][6] | II* |
| Ha-ha and roadside wall, Austhorpe Hall 53°48′07″N 1°26′23″W / 53.80202°N 1.43985°W |
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c. 1694 (probable) | The ha-ha wall is the older, it is to the south of the house, in brick with stone coping, and it contains a wooden gate. The roadside wall is probably later, it is to the west of the grounds, in stone with flat coping, and it contains wrought iron double gates.[7] | II |
| Pigeon house, Redhall House 53°50′35″N 1°28′32″W / 53.84314°N 1.47567°W |
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Mid 18th century | The pigeon house is in gritstone and brick, with quoins, a pyramidal stone slate roof, and a lantern. There are three storeys and a square plan. On the south side is a wide cart arch and a narrow doorway above, both with segmental-arched heads.[3][8] | II |
| Lazencroft Farmhouse 53°48′20″N 1°25′15″W / 53.80549°N 1.42091°W |
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Early 19th century | The farmhouse is in rendered brick, and has a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, a square plan, and a front of three bays. In the centre is a round-arched doorway with a fanlight, and the windows are top-hung casements. In the right return is a bay window, and the left return has four windows and a doorway with a fanlight.[9] | II |
| Former coach house and stables, Redhall House 53°50′32″N 1°28′30″W / 53.84226°N 1.47495°W |
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Early 19th century | The coach house and stables have been converted into offices, and are in gritstone with a slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting under a coped pediment with kneelers. This bay contains an elliptical arch and a traceried circular window. The other windows have small panes, plain stone sills and wedge lintels.[10] | II |
| Austhorpe Lane Bridge 53°48′20″N 1°26′33″W / 53.80562°N 1.44248°W |
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c. 1830–34 | The bridge was built by the Leeds and Selby Railway to carry Austhorpe Lane over its line. It is in sandstone and gritstone, and consists of a single basket arch. The bridge has voussoirs, an impost band, a string course, and parapets with curved coping ending in oval piers. It is flanked by abutments and wing walls.[11] | II |
| Crawshaw Woods Bridge 53°48′10″N 1°24′48″W / 53.80268°N 1.41324°W |
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c. 1830–34 | The bridge was built by the Leeds and Selby Railway to carry a track over its line. It is in cast iron, and consists of a single segmental arch with a span of 50 feet (15 m). The abutments are in gritstone with quoins and impost bands, and the inner abutment walls and wing walls are in sandstone. The parapets consist of wrought iron balustrades, and end in stone piers with mushroom tops.[12] | II |
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ Historic England
- ^ Historic England & 1375155
- ^ a b Leach & Pevsner (2009), p. 538
- ^ Historic England & 1256162
- ^ Leach & Pevsner (2009), p. 549
- ^ Historic England & 1256314
- ^ Historic England & 1256318
- ^ Historic England & 1256164
- ^ Historic England & 1375156
- ^ Historic England & 1256163
- ^ Historic England & 1419065
- ^ Historic England & 1419062
Sources edit
- Historic England, "Dovecote attached to farm buildings at Manston Hall Farm, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1375155)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, "Redhall House, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1256162)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, "Austhorpe Hall, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1256314)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, "Ha-ha wall and roadside wall with gates to Austhorpe Hall, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1256318)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, "Pigeon house approximately 150 metres north-west of Redhall House, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1256164)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, "Lazencroft Farmhouse, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1375156)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, "Former coach house and stables west of Redhall House, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1256163)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, "Austhorpe Lane Bridge, HUL4/21, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1419065)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, "Crawshaw Woods (Shippen House Farm) bridge, HUL4/20, Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1419062)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 20 May 2021
- Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009), Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5