Headingley Hill with Hyde Park and Woodhouse Moor are a place of special character and historic interest.

This appraisal and management plan sets out the features that contribute to its distinctiveness and identifies opportunities for its protection and Hill, Hyde Park and Woodhouse Moor

Draft for consultation Comments are welcome by 18th April 2011. Please see final page for contact details 1

Summary of Special !" Hyde Park and Woodhouse Cliff !" In this respect boundary treatments were more densely developed with and outbuildings also contribute to Interest a variety of house types but with the character and must be retained relatively long front gardens which and enhanced. Headingley Hill, together with Hyde have allowed mature trees to grow Park and Woodhouse Cliff became the and green the street scene. !" Consideration should be given to premier suburb in for successful Article 4(2) Direction for targeted business families escaping from the !" There are 51 listed buildings and elements of the townscape where smoke of the city centre from 1830 monuments in the area but many there are threats to the survival of onwards, initially in stone villas in large more positive buildings which all architectural detailing that is an plots on both sides of Headingley Lane contribute to the special character essential part of the character of the (see photograph 1) and on Woodhouse of the area both to the overall area. 1. Headingley Lane Cliff. streetscape and to high levels of architectural detailing. !" Similarly, the character of the public Development later in the 19th century realm whether within the streetscape took place off new cul-de-sac service !" The landmark buildings in the area or green spaces is important roads leading towards Woodhouse include St. Augustine’s Church with including paving materials, street Ridge (see photograph 2) and between its 186ft tower, Hinsley Hall with its furniture, lighting, signage and shop Headingley Lane and Woodhouse Moor conical tower, Devonshire Hall and fronts and forecourts. where terraced housing predominated. the Crescent at Hyde Park Corner.

The two adjoining green spaces of !" Advertisements should also respect Woodhouse Ridge and Woodhouse !" The area is bounded to the north by the streetscape and special character Moor, which were originally common the greenspace of Woodhouse of the area (see photograph 3). land, were acquired by the then Leeds Ridge which descends steeply into Corporation and laid out as public parks the Valley and to the !" Trees are particularly important in to serve the expanding residential area. south-east by Woodhouse Moor the mature landscape of the area which was the first public park in and need positive management both Key Characteristics Leeds. in the public and private green 2. Woodhouse Ridge spaces. Key Issues and Opportunities !" Headingley Hill, despite 20th century

infill, is still characterised by large stone villas in relatively large plots !" Infill and adjoining developments set well back from the service roads need to respect the scale and which are bounded by stone proportions of existing buildings and boundary walls and outbuildings. the spaces between them. Many streets have stone flags and kerbs too. The large plots contain !" Alterations and extensions must also many trees which give a mature b e s e n s i t i v e t o m a t e r i a l s , landscape setting to the buildings. fenestration and other architectural details of the original building which add to the character of the area. 3. Advertisements

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development of Headingley Hill relationship with the Hyde Park 4. In addition, the green corridor Proposed Changes to and Woodhouse Cliff. area in particular. between Woodhouse Moor and the Conservation Area Woodhouse Ridge has been 2. Secondly, the inclusion of the 3. This relationship with the Hyde added to link the two major whole of Woodhouse Moor, not Park area has been reinforced greenspaces. Headingley Hill, to the north of just Little Moor, the ‘Birdcage’ with the inclusion of all the Headingley Lane, including Woodhouse and a small area around Hyde properties on Hyde Park Road 5. Finally, the Conservation Area has Cliff and Regents Park, was originally Park Corner which fall within the facing the Moor providing a link been extended further down designated as a Conservation Area on existing Conservation Area. with the Moorlands Conservation Brudenell Road as far as the th 14 March 1973. Woodhouse Moor became the Area and completing the built Hyde Park Picture House to first municipal park in Leeds in frame to the Moor. include an attractive p a r a d e It was subsequently amalgamated into the 1870s and has a strong of shops and a fine terrace of the wider Headingley Conservation Area houses. th with some minor modifications on 5 November 1980. Headingley Hill and Hyde Park On 15th February 1984 it was Conservation Area significantly extended to include Hyde Proposed Conservation Area Park Corner, with the terraced houses around St. Augustine’s Church and Little Existing Conservation Areas Moor, and the area between Headingley Lane and Victoria Road, which had the same characteristics of ‘mature trees, stone buildings and stone boundary walls’ as the existing Conservation Area to the north of Headingley Lane.

On 13th August 2010 the following s i g n i f i c a n t e x t e n s i o n s t o t h e Conservation Area were approved in principle by the Planning Board, subject to consultation with residents and other interested parties.

1. F i r s t l y , t h e I n c l u s i o n o f Woodhouse Ridge on the northern boundary of Headingley Hill and Woodhouse Cliff. This greenspace has been added to the Conservation Area as its use as a public park was historically Ordinance Survey Map showing the existing conservation area in blue and the proposed linked to the residential conservation area in red. 3

Location and Content

Location and Setting Woodhouse Ridge Headingley Hill and Hyde Park are located just a mile and a half to the north west of the centre of Leeds. Woodhouse Lane and then Headingley Headingley Hill Lane (A660) form the main connecting Woodhouse road from the city centre through the Cliff area to Headingley centre and Otley Geological Map of Headingley beyond. Conservation Area sandstone (yellow) millstone grit (green) Headingley Hill originally lay in the Headingley cum Burley Township, just Meanwood outside the township of Leeds, and Hyde Park Valley became the first ‘suburb’ of Leeds in the 1830s. The first horse drawn omnibus service to Leeds started in 1838 and the No1 bus still uses the route. Woodhouse Moor The whole area lies on a ridge between the Meanwood valley to the north and Aire Valley the valley to the south. The escarpment to the north, containing Woodhouse Ridge, is relatively steep, Topology Map of Headingley Con- but the slope to the Kirkstall valley is Aerial Map servation Area more gentle, with its southerly aspect particularly attractive for residential Leeds but fortunately Headingley Hill Hill, Woodhouse Cliff and much of The development. and Woodhouse Cliff have no through Ridge are on beds of flagstone which routes, because of the Meanwood valley were quarried in the Woodhouse area General character and plan form escarpment, and the resulting cul-de- (Quarry Bank School) and used for local Headingley sacs retain much of their original building. Despite the intensive development of character. the later 19th century and early 20th There was one small sandstone quarry century, attractive views are still to be G e o l o g y , t o p o g r a p h y a n d off Grosvenor Road (now Dagmar seen in both directions, particularly from landscape setting Wood). The area south of Headingley Woodhouse Moor. Lane is predominantly shales with a coal Leeds City Geologically, the whole area is underlain seam (Better Bed Coal) running along Centre Headingley Lane suffers from heavy by Lower Coal Measures but Headingley Hyde Park Road to Hyde Park Corner. traffic as a major commuter route into Headingley in it is wider setting 4

In 1673, the Brudenells sold off 200 Historic Development acres of land between Headingley village centre and Woodhouse Moor, the Introduction area now known as Headingley Hill and Hyde Park, to John Walker. Prior to the middle of the 19th century Hyde Park Corner

Hyde Park and Headingley Hill did not When John Walker’s descendant Mary have an identity of their own. They were simply part of the wider Headingley Bainbrigge died in 1805, the estate was Manor, later the Headingley cum Burley split up and the land was progressively Township. Headingley remained a sold off in large building plots from the s e p a r a t e ‘ o u t - t o w n s h i p ’ u n t i l 1820’s onwards, initially on sites incorporated into Leeds in 1836 as a flanking Headingley Lane which formed ward under the Municipal Reform Act. part of the Leeds-Otley turnpike after 1754. Woodhouse Moor as its name implies was simply an area of uncultivated Woodhouse Ridge to the north-east and common land on the edge of the Woodhouse Moor to the south-east both manor/township of Leeds while remained open areas of common land. Woodhouse Ridge was another area of Woodhouse Ridge includes an area of common land on the edge of the ancient woodland between Cardboard John Tuke Common Land Extract 1781 Meanwood valley which straddled both Hill and Bedford Fields known now as townships (see John Tuke’s map right). Batty’s Wood but previously referred to as ‘Pikeman’s Ridge’ due to its Civil War Early History connections.

The first written evidence of early Woodhouse Moor was the largest Headingley appears in the Domesday expanse of common land in the Manor Book, the great land survey of 1086, of Leeds, and had been used for where it is referred to as the ‘Manor of m i l i t a r y p a r a d e s , p o l i t i c a l Hedingeleia’. demonstrations, notably by Chartists, and Annual Feasts for many years and At the time of the Domesday Book was regarded as providing ‘the most ownership was with Ilbert (Albert) de healthy open space in the township of Laci (Lacy) and held under the de Lacy’s Leeds’. until 1314 when it was passed to John de Calverley who in turn gave it to Kirkstall Abbey in 1324. Hyde Park Corner Headingley remained part of Kirkstall Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, in 1540, when the land was granted to Thomas Cranmer. Building plot map 1829-46

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Historic Development class suburb of Leeds. Parsons in 1834 Victoria Road was the earliest of the described it as “having numerous new streets in the area, constructed in mansions and elegant villas built by 1838, and named after the new Queen, Early History (Continued) those whose commercial enterprise or and from 1889, it also carried a manufacturing industry has elevated tramway. Some limited Development had taken their families to opulence” place on the Moor, including cottages The names Hyde Park and Regent’s used kennels by the Leeds Hunt and a George Bischoff, a woollen merchant- Park were reputedly given to the area small farm, a public house, but most cum-property speculator, purchased previously known as Wrangthorn by a properties were located on the northern th much of the land on Headingley Hill and local landowner in the early 19 edge of the Moor, known as constructed new roads such as North century, following a visit to London, in Woodhouse Cliff initially, mostly in the Hill Road, to allow for the erection of order to give a more prestigious image 5. Wrangthorn School 1913 form of small stone cottages, but later villas set in large grounds between to the place to promote further with larger houses Headingley Lane and Woodhouse Ridge. development. Between 1829 and 1843, thirteen plots There was also a cluster of stone were sold and nine houses built for However, the houses, built from 1850 cottages where Headingley Lane met Leeds merchants and businessmen (see onwards, represented a more dense Cliff Lane initially known as Wrangthorn building plot map page 5) development than that of Headingley but later Hyde Park Corner. The name Hill, the plots being smaller and the Wrangthorn survived in the name of the The area was promoted as being “very rents lower. The form of development local school on Woodhouse Cliff and in pleasantly situated about 2 miles from was predominantly brick terraces for the the name of the Church of St. Augustine Leeds” and as a place to avoid the dust lower middle classes. and its Church Hall to this day. (see and smoke of the town. Low taxes, a photograph 4) good water supply of springs, wells and Woodhouse Cliff also developed towards new underground pipes and an Woodhouse Ridge along the new spine improved transport system underpinned road of Cliff Road with Cliff lane acting the success of the development. as a back lane along the line of the old 6. Woodhouse Moor Gardens early 1900s township boundary. A variety of houses The first regular horse drawn omnibus were built from large villas such as service in Leeds started in 1838 and Sycamore Lodge to terraces together went from the Three Horse Shoes in Far with a school (see photograph 5). Headingley to Upper Briggate along the 4.Wrangthorn Church Notice Board then turnpike road to Otley, providing 5 The demand for building land journeys per day for four outside and increasingly put Woodhouse Moor under th Victoria Period eight inside passengers by 1839. threat and, by the mid 19 century, the Turnpike tolls ended in 1867, and size of the Moor had been reduced to Significant suburban development horse-drawn trams were introduced in 63 acres started on Headingley Hill from the 1871, followed by steam trams and 1830s onwards and, because the then electric trams in 1897. The No 1 content of the deeds from the bus service was introduced in 1905 and Bainbrigge sales, no factories could be still runs today. 7. Woodhouse Ridge Gardens early built and it became the premier middle 1900s 6

Historic Development

Victorian Period (continued)

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Political gatherings continued with a notable meeting of the Suffragettes in July 1908 which attracted tens of thousands advocating ‘votes for Bandstand women’ .

Much of Woodhouse Ridge to the east of Batty’s Wood was gifted to the City by Sir Thomas Beckett in 1876 and the Leeds Corporation Act of 1879 authorised its landscaping as a recreation ground consisting of 16.5 acres with a bandstand, shelters, drinking fountains and walkways (see historic photograph 7 page 6). In 1901 Cul-de-sacs Batty’s Wood was also donated to the city. 1909 OS Map

7 Notable People Who Lived in the Historic Development Area

20th Century !" Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate – The 1904 university charter led to the Ashwood House, 48 Headingley establishment of Leeds University which Lane. had been in existence as a college since !" John Child, architect - The Priory the 1880’s. During the 20th century on Cumberland Road. Headingley Hill became an enclave for !" Atkinson Grimshaw, painter - 56 university staff and buildings and Hilly Cliff Road. Ridge House built in 1839 becomes the !" Arthur Ransom, author of Chancellor’s Lodge and residence. ‘Swallows and Amazons’ – 6 Ash Devonshire Hall (see historic Grove. photograph 8) became fully established !" Samual Smiles – author – ‘Self by 1928, incorporating a number of Help’ - 3 Woodhouse Cliff existing properties and other halls of residence followed, particularly after the

Second World War.

With the existence of two universities close by in the centre of Leeds, the area became popular as a place for students to reside from the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The further expansion of these educational institutions meant the number of students increased substantially with Leeds University doubling its student numbers since 1991. Many local residents and families began to move out with landlords taking 1938 OS Map over the properties to rent to students. This phenomenon is referred to as ‘studentification’ and is particularly prominent in the Hyde Park area. The resultant effect is the erosion of the fabric of some properties through neglect by their owners which detracts from the character of the Conservation Area. 8. Devonshire Hall, the first purpose-built Hall of Residence for the students of Leeds University c1930

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Character Analysis Headingley Lane (see 1909 map !" In addition to the large villas, !" The principal landmark in this page 5). short rows of stone terraced area is the tall tower with spire

Spatial Analysis houses were also built including (186ft or 56m) of St. Augustine’s The corollary of this is that !" H e a d i n g l e y T e r r a c e a n d Church (Wrangthorn), built in Headingley Hill and Woodhouse Grosvenor Terrace (1841-3) A 1871, and which is especially !" The underlying topography of the Cliff benefit from the lack of second phase of building took attractive when viewed from area is a ridge running north- through traffic and this has place in the later Victorian period Woodhouse Moor. westwards from Leeds city centre helped to preserve their original and included Ashwood Villas and to Headingley and following the character and particularly their Terrace. !" Other landmark buildings include line of this ridge is Woodhouse streetscape. Lane/Headingley Lane, the main Hinsley Hall (Wesleyan College The Woodhouse Cliff area spine road in the area (see !" 1868), Devonshire Hall on Development in Headingley Hill photograph 9). !" similarly developed with houses Cumberland Road, the former predominantly took the form of initially facing Woodhouse Moor Congregational Church on large villa plots which reflected but with later developments Heaingley Lane, and Bethel Secondary distributor roads lead !" the relatively large and rectilinear along the cul-de-sac of Cliff Road Chapel on Victoria Road. off this spine, namely Woodhouse form of the field pattern of the leading towards Woodhouse Street. Hyde Park Road and area (see photograph 10). Ridge (see 1909 map page 5). !" Long distance views are to be Victoria Road, all effectively radiating out from Hyde Park seen from Woodhouse Moor, B y m i d - V i c t o r i a n t i m e s , The area around Hyde Park Corner, the focus of the whole !" !" with glimpses of the Aire valley area. Headingley Lane was flanked by Corner (Wrangthorn) and south to the south from the centre and villas, built in stone, on both of Victoria Road, which developed W o o d h o u s e a n d b e y o n d sides. On the north side they in the later 19th century, took a northwards from Woodhouse !" All roads to the north of were set well back from the road denser form with long terraces Lane (see photograph 12), which Headingley Lane and Woodhouse with long front gardens, while on predominantly in brick with front Street are vehicular cul-de-sacs serve to remind the viewer that the south side they turned their gardens, the longest row being they are standing on a ridge which end at Woodhouse Ridge. backs to Headingley Lane, to face on Ash Grove (see photograph This exacerbates the heavy between two valleys. south to take advantage of the 11). through traffic movements along sunny aspect.

9. Headingley Lane 10. Stone Villa in extensive grounds 11. Terrace (Ash Grove) 12. Woodhouse Lane (Ridgeway) 9

Alan Bennett recognised, both

Character Analysis being ‘local lads’.

Streetscape A different but strong street- !" scape is to be seen on the south The streetscape of Headingley !" side of Victoria Road (see photo- Lane is central to the character of graph 14) where a stone built the area. It is lined by original terrace directly fronts the back of stone walls (or new walls and the footpath and includes the appropriate railings), and by ma- listed Bethel Pentecostal Church ture trees especially on the north (1886) with its attractive spire. side and still retains stone kerbs and stone-flagged pavements. The fine terraces along Hyde Park This gives a unity to the street- !" scape which only breaks down Road facing Woodhouse Moor where the dry-cleaners, on the provide an attractive and coher- site of an old petrol station, is ent streetscape as well as creat- located. The overall ambience of ing a built ‘frame’ to the Moor the road is, however, marred by itself (see photograph 15). 13. Ashwood Villas 14. Victoria Road high volumes of traffic. !" Woodhouse Lane, as it crosses !" Headingley Hill is served by the Woodhouse Moor, presents an four principal access roads of attractive tree lined boulevard Grosvenor Road, North Hill Road, which reinforces the ‘gateway’ North Grange Road and Cumber- character of Hyde Park Corner land Road. Being cul-de-sacs they when approaching the area from do not suffer from through traffic the city centre (see photograph and have retained much of their 12 page 9). original character of buildings situated in a landscaped setting reinforced by extensive lengths of stone boundary walls, gateposts, kerbs and flags and, in the case of Ashwood Villas (see photo- graph 13), stone sets too.

!" In places the high boundary walls, outbuildings, and mature trees generate an enclosed at- mosphere that Atkinson Grim- shaw would have appreciated and 15. Hyde Park Road from Woodhouse Moor

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Character Analysis with Doric and Tuscan columns !" In addition to the listed buildings !" The coherence of the roofscape (see photograph 16). there are a considerable number of some terraces, however, has

Built Environment of ‘positive’ buildings which make been lost with the replacement or Many have attractive stone !" an essential contribution to the addition of unsympathetic outbuildings and stone boundary character of the area and which modern dormers (see photograph The special character of the area !" walls with large gate piers, are identified on the maps in the 20). reflects its original status as the together with other attractive individual character area sections premier suburb of Leeds, initially th details e.g. heraldic beasts on the in this appraisal. in the mid 19 century, with roof of Spring Hill and large sandstone villas and substantial traceried windows at North Hill Examples of particularly coherent terraces in spacious plots creating !" House (see photograph 17). groupings of positive buildings a landscaped setting for the dwellings. can be seen throughout the area Later in the 19th century and !" in Ashwood Villas and Terrace, early 20th century other styles 51-54 Cliff Road, Ridgemount Many of these villas and terraces !" appeared such as Arts and Crafts Terrace, Regent Park Terrace and are now listed and total 46. In (Lincolm) (see photograph 18) The Crescent at Hyde Park addition there are 4 listed (Scottish Baronial (Devonshire Corner. monuments on Woodhouse Moor Hall) and Egyptian (Elinor Lupton (see schedule in appendix). Centre) including a variety of Even the more modest terraces, !" materials. predominantly built in red brick, They were predominantly !" have stone lintels and sills and constructed in coursed ashlar other detailing in bargeboards, sandstone or gritstone with slate dormers, eaves and doorways roofs in a variety of styles which contribute to the character including Gothic Revival, Tudor to the whole area. Revival, Italianate, and Classical 19. Fenestration Detail

16.Rose Court Classical 17. North Hill House Gothic 18. Lincombe Arts and Crafts 20. Unsympathetic Dormer, Portico Style House Hyde Park Terrace 11

!" Recreational facilities are now !" It is now, however, rather over- veloped in the area, (firstly be- Character Analysis cause of a possible Headingley provided on the main Moor, in- grown with trees and the band- cluding a skate-board park, multi- stand and other original features by-pass road, then a super-tram Greenscape route and now a proposed New use games area, tennis courts, have long gone, although the bowling-greens (see photograph base of the bandstand can still be Generation Transport scheme), Woodhouse Moor was formally !" 23), children’s playground, and seen. which is the field used for horse designed and landscaped in the allotments. The areas in be- grazing on Headingley Lane (see 1870s with tree-lined walkways, tween are simply grassed for in- !" The wooded Ridge now offers 42 photograph 24) between the including along Woodhouse Lane, entrance to Hinsley Hall and St. formal play but there are some acres of wildlife habitat for many seating, a fountain with clock tur- Columba’s Church. formal gardens in the vicinity of animals, including Roe Deer, ret and a bandstand (see photo- Queen Victoria’s statue. Wood- graph 21). The walkways were while Cardboard Hill contains a house Moor is now the most in- wildflower meadow and retains !" Despite much infill over the last later enhanced in 1902 with iron tensively used green space in century significant green spaces archways (see photograph 22) open views of the Meanwood Val- Leeds. ley. with mature trees remain within with gas lights to commemorate the built-up areas too, partly as the coronation of Edward VII and !" Woodhouse Ridge was in its !" A green pedestrian route now private gardens e.g. Hilly Ridge facilitate ‘evening promenading’ . House, Ridgeway House, Hinsley prime as a public park in the late connects Woodhouse Ridge and Hall and Rosehurst, partly as !" The main Moor has a number of Victorian and Edwardian eras. Woodhouse Moor alongside the Promenading, taking tea and lis- school playing fields at Ford diagonal walkways, together with School site (Bedford tening to bands were the height House and Rose Court, but also walkways parallel to the sur- Fields), and this provides an im- of elegant entertainment. It was as public space at Dagmar Wood rounding roads, which are all portant green link between the described in the early 20th cen- on Grosvenor Road where com- lined with mature trees. They two main green spaces, and an tury as consisting of ‘slanting munity events take place . converge in the centre where the attractive boundary to the area. walks furnished with seats, bandstand and fountain originally shrubberies have been formed stood. !" One other significant area of and rhododendrons planted’. green space has remained unde-

22. Woodhouse Moor c 1900 23. Woodhouse Moor bowling green 24. Grazing field in front of 21. Woodhouse Ridge Bandstand Hinsley Hall 1905 12

Positive buildings Character Analysis On the map on page 13, buildings are Character Areas coloured dependant on the contribution they make to the conservation area. The introductory wording is to follow The buildings coloured blue on the map the standard wording, e.g. , make a positive contribution to the including the statement concerning character of the area. This contribution Positive Buildings. may be in one or more of the following ways: 1.Headingley Hill – a residential area H originally dominated by large stone ea din !" Landmark buildings villas in a mature landscape setting gle y L an !" Buildings which provide evidence of flanking Headingley Lane. e the area’s history and development Woodhouse Street 2.Woodhouse Cliff – a mixed residential !" Buildings of architectural merit oria Road area between Woodhouse Moor and Vict !" Buildings with local historical Woodhouse Ridge. associations

!" Buildings which exemplify local 3.Hyde Park – a predominantly terraced vernacular styles residential area focussed around the Woodhouse Lane local centre of Hyde Park Corner. !" Groups of buildings which together make a positive contribution to the 4. Woodhouse Ridge – an informal area streetscape of public greenspace bordering Headingley Hill and Woodhouse Cliff. There should be a presumption in Hyde Park Road favour of the retention of positive 5. Woodhouse Moor – a formal public structures in all but exceptional park bordering Hyde Park and circumstances. Woodhouse Cliff on both sides of Woodhouse Lane.

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have been developed for an ‘office Character Analysis park’ (Longfield and Torridon) or for housing and the Elinor Lupton Character area 1 Headingley Hill Centre (Buckingham House). The remaining out buildings, boundary Location walls, mature trees and green spaces, however, continue to !" The area lies on both sides of contribute to the character of the H e a d i n g l e y L a n e b e t w e e n area, notably at Ford House and Woodhouse Ridge and Victoria Rose Court (see photograph 25). Road with the majority of the area to the north of Headingley Lane. !" The original new school building for the Leeds Girls High School now Key Characteristics closed and built on the site of Morley House has an attractive !" The streetscape of Headingley Lane neo-Georgian style (1906) but th is central to the character of the many of the later 20 century infill area and in mid Victorian times it buildings are out of scale and was flanked by villas on both sides. character with their surroundings.

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25. Rose Court from Victoria Road 26. Hilton Court North Hill Road 27. Headingley Terrace 28. Rear extension to Highfield House

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Grosvenor Road, Cumberland C u t h b e r t B r o d r i c k , ( s e e Character Analysis Road, North Hill Road and North photograph 31) and Devonshire Grange Road Hall (refer back to photograph 8) Character area 1 Headingley Hill o n C u m b e r l a n d R o a d ,

!" The exception to the large villas incorporating Regent Villas, two Key Characteristics (continued) pairs of mid19th century semi- was a row of terraced houses, Grosvenor Terrace (1841-3 and detached houses in a new On the north side of Headingley !" listed) (see photograph 29). A courtyard development with a Lane all but one of the original second phase of building took clock tower in the Scottish villas still remain (see photograph place in the later Victorian period Baronial style (1928). 26 page 15). They are set well and included the Ashwood Villas back from the road with very long and Terrace. !" O n e pa r t i c u l a r l y u n u s u a l front gardens, except in the case development took place in 1912 of Headingley Terrace (1840s) !" A number of the 19th century with the construction of the first (see photograph 27 page 15) block of mansion style flats in which has a service road at the villas are listed, including North Hill House (1846), Elmfield Leeds at Grange Court on North front. All but one of them is listed Grange Mount (see photograph but this has not prevented a (1846), and Lincombe, (refer back to photograph 18) by 32). totally unsympathetic extension to the rear of Highfield House Bedford and Kitson, on North Hill Infill development continued (see photograph 28 page 15). Road (1896), where the coach !" house has been sympathetically throughout the 20th century, 31. Church by Cuthbert Brodrick, rebuilt. much in brick and some in the The rest of the area behind the Headingley Lane !" form of rather anonymous slab frontage properties was originally th !" Three landmark buildings in the blocks of flats lacking in detail developed in the mid 19 century (photograph 33 page 17). The with predominantly detached and area include Hinsley Hall (Wesleyan College 1868) (see original character of the area also semi-detached villas set in large breaks down in the vicinity of plots and served by the four photograph 30) ,the former Congregational Chapel by Hinsley Hall with the three short principal access roads of cul-de-sacs of Orville Gardens, The Poplars and Oakfield. However, the recent development at the entrance to the Poplars (the site of an original Victorian villa) with a stone clad block of flats and stone boundary walls has restored the streetscape of Headingley Lane at this point.

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Character Analysis !" One other significant area of !" There is a need to retain and green space has remained restore stone walls, paving flags undeveloped is the field used for Character area 1 Headingley Hill and sets and remove all tarmac horse grazing on Headingley patching of stone pavements. Lane between the entrance to The concreting or rendering of Key Characteristics (continued) Hinsley Hall and St. Columba’s stone walls which attracts graffiti, Church. A fine row of trees lines as seen on Victoria Road should Overall, the basic character of the !" the road behind a stone wall be avoided. area remains, reinforced by which continues the attractive extensive lengths of stone streetscape of Headingley Lane, The use of the grazing field boundary walls, gateposts, kerbs particularly on the northern side. !" 34. Detail of Stone walls and setts and flags and, in some cases of adjoining the entrance to Hinsley stone sets too (see photograph Opportunities for Management and Hall for general recreation would 34). Enhancement be an opportunity to address the lack of public green space in the western part of the area. One interesting feature is the !" Opportunities should be taken !" narrow ginnel with high stone whenever possible to redevelop th Any proposal under the New walls on both sides which leads the later 20 century blocks on !" f r o m W o o d h o u s e R i d g e both sides of Headingley Lane Generation Transport scheme, or diagonally across the area to with new buildings in more similar Public Transport schemes, Woodhouse Cliff and thence to sympathetic scale, proportion and should respect the particular W o o d h o u s e M o o r ( s e e materials and respect for the character of the streetscape of Photograph 35). Other footpath setting of listed buildings. Headingley Lane, notably stone l i n k s a d d i n t e r e s t a n d boundary walls, and take advantage of opportunities for permeability for those exploring !" Th e ke y o ppo rt un ity fo r the area on foot. enhancements. enhancement is the reuse of the 35. Diagonal Ginnel Leeds Girls High School site by !" Despite the infill over the last the retention of the original main century significant green spaces school building and other remain, partly as private gardens ‘positive’ buildings and features e.g. Hilly Ridge House, Ridgeway a n d t h e r e m o v a l o f House, Hinsley Hall and unsympathetic 20th century Rosehurst, partly as school buildings. The restoration of the playing fields at Ford House and garden setting of Rose Court, t Rose Court, but also as public he retention of trees and space at Dagmar Wood (see sympathetic new build around photograph 36) on Grosvenor the existing green spaces Road where community events together with public access take place. linking Headingley Lane with Victoria Road should be key elements of any p r o p o s e d scheme. 33. 20th Century Infill 36. Dagmar Wood 17

century with groups of houses Character Analysis e.g. Cliff Lodge on the edge of Woodhouse Ridge which now sits Character area 2 Woodhouse Cliff in a cul-de-sac surrounded by interwar semi-detached houses. Location !" The result is an interesting mix of !" The area lies on the eastern edge house types in a variety of of the Conservation Area between layouts with some developments Headingley Hill and Woodhouse. fronting the street, but others at Woodhouse Ridge is to the north right angles to it, and with some and Woodhouse Moor to the houses set well back from the 37. Woodhouse Cliff south. road, but others at the back of the footpath (see photograph Key Characteristics 39).

!" The area is characterised by a !" Notwithstanding the impact of th mixture of large detached villas, insensitive late 20 century infill terraces and some back-to-backs, and conversions, there are a predominantly from the 19th number of notable buildings century, together with 20th remaining in the area, in addition century infill of smaller semi- to the listed buildings, including detached and short terraced Cliff Lawn Hotel, Ridge Mount houses. Terrace (see photograph 40 page 19), the old Wrangthorn School !" The original stone villas were building at the junction of Cliff Road and Cross Cliff Road (1840) located on Woodhouse Cliff (see 38. Sycamore Lodge (see photograph 41 page 19), p h o t o g r a p h 3 7 ) f a c i n g and the wide fronted terraces on Woodhouse Moor, notably Cliff th Cliff Road (Nos 51-54) (see House (late 17 century) and photograph 42 page 19). Sycamore Lodge (c1860) (see

photograph 38) and towards the end of Cliff Road, close to !" Other features which add Woodhouse Ridge. character to the area are boundary walls and gate posts, !" Many of the original 19th century some in stone, such as on Woodhouse Cliff and Cliff Road houses have subsequently been opposite Montpelier Terrace converted into flats, notably

Montpelier Terrace while some of

the grounds of the original villas th have been infilled in the 20 39. Cliff Road Terrace

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setting of the buildings, notably Character Analysis in front of Ridge Mount Terrace and Montpelier Terrace. In Character area 2 Woodhouse Cliff addition mature trees in the larger garden plots add to the !" Headingley Orphanage for Girls quality of the environment, was built on Cliff Road in 1873-6 notably in the grounds of Cliff and still exists as a home for the Lawn Hotel. elderly (see photograph 43). Opportunities of Management and !" A pedestrian link now connects Enhancement W o o d h o u s e R i d g e a n d W o o d h o u s e M o o r ( s e e !" Stone boundary walls and gate photograph 44) alongside the posts, some in stone, should be City of Leeds School site (Bedford retained and where necessary Fields) and this has now been repaired. included in the Conservation Area as is provides an important green !" Mature trees in the larger garden link between the two green plots should be retained wherever spaces (also now included in the practicable. Conservation Area) and an attractive boundary to the area 41. Old Wrangthorn School

!" Within the built area there are also smaller but nevertheless important green spaces which form part of the character and

40. Ridge Mount Terrace 42. 51-54 Cliff Road 43. Cliff Road ex Girls Orphanage 44. Green link Woodhouse Ridge to Woodhouse Moor

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Dutch gables, which retains many petrol filling station (see Character Analysis original features. photograph 48).

Character area 3 Hyde Park B e h in d T h e C re s cen t o n Further along Headingley Lane, !" !" Location Woodhouse Street is a listed ex- fronting the north side, however, Post Office building, while on the is a fine group of seven Victorian other side of Woodhouse Lane, is stone detached and semi- Much of the area lies between !" an attractive row of older stone detached houses which are all Hyde Park Road and Victoria cottages, Avenue Walk (see listed and set in plots with large Road, but it also includes the photograph 46), and a short brick mature trees. Regent Park area north of terrace, Moor View, both facing Headingley Lane, and Hyde Park Woodhouse Moor. !" Behind these properties are the Corner. predominantly brick terraces of The inter-war mock-Tudor Hyde Key Characteristics !" Regent Park Terrace (see Park public house dominates the photograph 49 page 21) and junction with Woodhouse Street, Avenue which have a strong The heart of the area is Hyde !" and is linked to another attractive character and attractive details, Park Corner with the landmark of row of shops which completes notably No 6 on the Terrace. Four S t . A u g u s t i n e ’ s C h u r c h the street frontage on the north properties on the Terrace (11-17) (Wrangthorn), notably its tall side of Headingley Lane. are in stone, while the end tower with a spire of 186ft terrace properties on Grosvenor (56m) built in1871 (front cover !" The south side of Headingley Road provide particularly photograph). Lane is not so coherent or attractive ‘book-ends’ to the

attractive being dominated by street. Again mature trees in the The other attractive feature is !" large advertising hoardings (see long front gardens add to the

The Crescent (see photograph photograph 47), which obscure attractiveness of the Terrace. 45), an Edwardian row of shops views of St. Augustine’s, a single with accommodation above, storey row of shops with more predominantly in brick with adverts at one end and an ex- terracotta, and topped off with

48. Headingley Lane/Victoria 45. The Crescent 46. Avenue Walk 47. Advertising Hoardings Hyde Road ‘triangle’

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front gardens and mature trees, befits its Conservation Area Character Analysis the parade of shops opposite (see status and

photograph 50), the converted Any proposal like the New Character area 3 Hyde Park !" Co-op built in 1892 on Brudenell Generation Transport scheme (continued) Grove, and the listed Hyde Park should respect the particular Picture House (see photograph character of the streetscape of The area between Hyde Park !" 51). Headingley Lane and particularly Road and Victoria Road is t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e dominated by long terraces in !" The area is bounded on the south opportunities for enhancements brick with relatively long front east side by Woodhouse Moor but at Hyde Park Corner. gardens, the longest row being within the area there is no local on Ash Grove. Other notable public green space, unless you The long front gardens with their 49. Regent park Terrace terraces are on Hyde Park Road, !" count the small grassed area in mature trees need protection and Kensington Terrace, and Hyde front of the advertising hoardings Park Terrace. It should be noted in some cases restoration to at Hyde Park Corner. counter the pressure from that 43-49 Kensington Terrace are back to backs. multiple-occupation. The long front gardens, and the !" mature trees in them, are !" The one stone built terrace in the !" There is a need to retain and therefore particularly important in restore stone boundary walls and area lies directly fronting the greening the environment. footpath on Victoria Road and gateposts, together with stone kerbs, flags and setts includes five listed houses and Opportunities for Management and the listed Bethel Pentecostal Enhancement !" The forecourt in front of the Church (formally Methodist) (1886) with an attractive spire parade of shops on Brudenell The triangular block at the (refer back to photograph 14 !" Road and the road space linking page 10). junction between Headingley it with the Hyde Park Cinema 50. Brundenell Road Shops Lane and Victoria Road is in need needs enhancement with quality of redevelopment, while retaining Stone and stone capped brick street furniture and surface !" No2 Victoria Road, in order to boundary walls add character, materials to create an attractive restore the streetscape. focus for the area. particularly at the junction of Hyde Park Terrace with Hyde The advertising hoardings at Park Road, as do stone gate !" !" O t h e r s i t e s i n n e e d o f posts, particularly on Hyde Park Hyde Park Corner should be redevelopment or enhancement Road, and mature trees in the removed to enhance the setting include the garages at the long front gardens, notably on and views of St. Augustine’s junction of Brudenell Road and Ash Road and Midland Road. Church and create more usable Welton Road (Matthews Yard), green space. adjoining the Conservation Area,

!" The Conservation Area has been the surface parking area off The quality of signage, street extended to include the fine !" Ebberston Grove and the Foyle terrace between Brudenell Grove furniture, and guard rails at Hyde and Kirk site at Hyde Park Corner and Queens Road with its long Park Corner need upgrading as facing Woodhouse Moor. 51. Hyde Park Picture House 21

of Leeds School), Cumberland Character Analysis Road and Ridge Terrace.

Character area 4: Woodhouse he entry point to Cumberland Ridge !" T Road takes the form of a narrow Location stone walled ginnel which leads through to Hyde Park Corner (see photograph 57 page 23). Woodhouse Ridge borders the !" area to the north and its use as a Another footpath connects the public park was historically linked !" to the residential development of Ridge with Woodhouse Moor via Headingley Hill and Woodhouse Bedford Fields and forms an Cliff. important green link between the two green spaces.

!" The Ridge follows the escarpment on the south side of the Key Characteristics bandstand and other original Meanwood valley from Cardboard features have long gone, Hill (see photograph 52) at its !" The area to the east of Batty’s although the base of the western end towards Woodhouse Wood was originally laid out in bandstand can still be seen (see in the east. It is on the route of the 1880s with a bandstand, photograph 55). the Dales Way (see photograph shelters, a fountain, a children’s 53) and the Meanwood Valley playing field and seats (see !" The Ridge is bounded on the Trail as far as Delph Lane. It is a photograph 54). Headingley Hill side by a fine high Leeds Nature Area (No114) and stone wall (see photograph 56 forms part of the urban green !" It is now, however, rather page 23) but with entry points at corridor. overgrown with trees and the Delph Lane, Bedford Fields (City

52. Cardboard Hill towards Mean- 53. Dalesway Signpost 54. Footpath through woods 55. Bandstand base wood c. 1910 22

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Character area 4: Woodhouse Ridge

Opportunities for Management and Enhancement

!" Some of the paths and stepped walkways (see photograph 58), together with other historic features, notably the bandstand base, are in need of restoration and regular maintenance.

!" The fence on the northern side at the top of the steep bank to the Meanwood Beck is in need of repair or preferably replacement with more sympathetic materials.

!" Selective thinning of trees could reopen glimpses of the views across the Meanwood Valley from the walkways (see photograph 59). 59. Wooded Area

!" In addition, the ‘glade’ at the key entry point to the ginnel leading to Cumberland Road and the area around the site of the bandstand could be ‘opened out’ for more seating and informal play space.

56. Wall to Headingley Hill 57. Ginnel entrance 58 Stepped footpaths

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Key Characteristics Character Analysis !" Although the original Water Character area 5: Woodhouse Moor Service Reservoir was covered over and then reduced in size, Location one of the two original stone lodges remains (North Lodge, a !" Woodhouse Moor adjoins Hyde listed building) as does the Park and Woodhouse Cliff and is impressive stone boundary wall the oldest public park in Leeds. along Clarendon Road (see photograph 60) !" It is crossed by Woodhouse Lane which separates the main !" In 1898 a combined police and rectangular Moor to the south fire station with a public library from the smaller informal shaped was built at the junction of green spaces to the north, Cinder Woodhouse Lane and Clarendon Moor, Monument Moor, the Road on the site of an earlier enclosed ‘Birdcage’ adjoining the police station. It is now a public Crescent at Hyde Park Corner, house but is still a notable and additional aresa across building that takes full advantage Woodhouse Street, Little Moor, of its site with a domed tower on adjoining Woodhouse Cliff. the corner (see photograph 61).

!" Other buildings on the Moor include changing rooms for the bowling greens and a fomer clubhouse for war veterans, now a restaurant.

60. Reservoir Wall Clarendon Road 61. ‘Library’ Woodhouse Lane 62. Queen Victoria Statue 63. Harrison’s Almshouses, Raglan Road 24

Character Analysis !" Recreational facilities are provided on the main Moor, Character area 5: Woodhouse Moor including tennis courts, children’s playground, and bowling greens, together with allotments (see In 1937 the statues of Queen !" photograph 67). The areas in Victoria, (see photograph 62 between are simply grassed for page 24) Robert Peel and the i n f o r m a l r e c r e a t i o n ( s e e Duke of Wellington were photograph 68 page 27) but relocated from in front of the there are some formal gardens in Town Hall to the main Moor. the vicinity of Queen Victoria’s Later, in 1952, the statue of H.R. statue. Marsden, the Mayor of Leeds in 1873 joined them on what is now Cinder Moor, originally the site of Monument Moor. !" the annual Woodhouse Feast, is still used for fairs and circuses. It The Harrison and Potter Trust !" is also used for temporary vehicle Homes (see photograph 63 page parking as are parts of the 24) Raglan Road have been Monument Moor. Cinder Moor is included in the Conservation Area bordered by trees by Monument as they face directly onto Moor is not. Monument Moor and form an important feature when viewed from Woodhouse Lane.

!" There is a horse mounting block 66 Clock Fountain c 1880 adjoining Monument Moor and a milestone (see photograph 64) adjoining Cinder Moor on Woodhouse Lane. There are also boundary posts on Moor view at Hyde Park Corner.

!" The main Moor is dissected by a number of diagonal walkways, together with walkways parallel to the surrounding roads, which are all lined with mature trees (see photograph 65). They converge in the centre where the bandstand and fountain originally stood (see photograph 66). 64. Milestone 65. Tree lined walkways 67. Allotments 25

Character Analysis !" Queen Victoria’s statue (refer back to photograph 62 page 24)

is on the Civic Trust’s list of Opportunities for Management and buildings and structures at risk Enhancement and needs restoration, notably by the reinstatement of the flanking !" Woodhouse Moor needs an sculpture titled ‘Industry’. ongoing programme of general maintenance including; tree !" Monument Moor requires a planting and replacement, complete landscape improvement especially along the north side of scheme to enhance the setting of Woodhouse Lane to reinforce the the listed Harrison and Potter b o u le va r d e f fe ct , a ro u nd Trust Homes, including the Monument Moor, and to soften restoration of the Marsden Statue the adverse impact of the skate- (see photograph 69). board park. !" The bottle banks, toilets and carp !" Improved pest strain crossing park at Hyde Park Corner are also f a c i l i t i e s , i n s y m p a t h e t ic i n n e e d o f c o h e r e n t 68. Informal Recreation area materials, should be considered improvements and screening half way along Woodhouse Lane (photograph 70). near the junction with Rampart Road to better connect both sides !" The implementation of the New of the Moor. Generation Transport (NGT) scheme, or other public transport !" Improved footpath maintenance proposals, should be handled generally, with the use oif more sensitively to ensure the retention sympathetic materials, is and addition of trees to retain the required. Existing Yorkstone t r e e - l i n e d c h a r a c t e r o f flags and kerbs to be retained Woodhouse Lane where it crosses and extended wherever possible the Moor.

!" The main walkway crossing point at the site of the bandstand on the main Moor requires a complete redesign to reflect is historical associations, including m o r e s e n s i t i v e s u r f a c i n g materials, and removal or screening of bottle banks.

70. Bottle Banks and Toilets 69. Marsden Statue

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Successful new development in historic Management Plan: areas will: Opportunities for !" Relate well to the geography and management and history of the place and the lie of the land enhancement !" Sit happily in the pattern of existing development and routes through This section highlights opportunities to and around it further enhance the character and !" Respect important views setting of the Conservation Area and !" Respect the scale and proportions should be read along with the of neighbouring buildings opportunities for management and 71. Streetscape clutter (Hyde Park 72. Inappropriate infill (North Hill enhancement outlined in the individual !" Use materials and building methods Corner) Road) character areas. Not all opportunities which are as high in quality as those used in existing buildings for enhancement involve the reworking !" Appropriate treatment for street !" Making sure the siting and of an inappropriate structure, rather !" C r e a t e n e w v i e w s a n d furniture (streetlights, benches etc), design of road signs and street they can apply to street furniture, open juxtapositions which add to the such as a simple design painted furniture in the Conservation spaces and highways issues. This list is variety and texture of their setting. black (as covered by current council Area has regard to current by no mea ns ex haus ti ve, as (CABE and English Heritage, 2001, policy). English Heritage ‘Streets for All ‘Building in Context: New Conservation Areas can always be !" The sympathetic development and Guidance’ (see references). improved upon. development in historic areas’) enhancement of surface treatments !" Retaining historic paving in the

on public highways, particularly C o n s e r v a t i o n A r e a a n d Sensitive New Development in and Action: New development must paths. The retention of stone restoring it where appropriate adjacent to the Conservation Area respond sensitively and creatively pavement flags and kerbs is of and when possible. to the historic environment. particular importance. To be successful, any future !" Ensuring that street lighting development within the Conservation Public Realm Enhancements !" More discrete public realm such as r e s p e c t s t h e h i s t o r i c Area needs to be mindful of the local smaller traffic signs and paler streetscape and proportions of character of the Conservation Area, When resources are available, a yellow lines when they are due for buildings. while at the same time addressing specifically funded streetscape audit renewal. c o nt e m po ra r y iss ues s u ch as and rationalisation of existing signage, !" Ensuring all public realm is Resistance to inappropriate forms sustainability. road markings and street furniture coherent in design and materials. of Infill Development would provide the opportunity to clear A particular threat is the tendency for the streetscape of unnecessary clutter. Action: Promote public realm Conservation Areas in general are new build to be of suburban form and Redundant and duplicate items could be e n h a n c e m e n t s w i t h i n t h e sensitive to forms of inappropriate infill design, executed in materials of lower removed, and consideration given to Conservation Area as opportunities development. Often the infill does not quality than the surrounding positive the sensitive design, siting, scale and arise and funding permits. Ensure take into account the scale, massing buildings. Equally, poorly designed and grouping of fixtures, fittings and that future public realm works and proportion of structures in the area. detailed ‘pastiche’ development can be markings. respect and enhance the special Spaces between the structures are also as eroding to special character as character of the Conservation Area. important. development that shows no regard for Particular issues that could benefit from its setting. enhancement include: This will include; 27

The failure to ensure that these and the setting of the Conservation where necessary sympathetically characteristics are upheld can result in Area are not compromised. repaired. developments that will have a detrimental effect on the character and P r o t e c t s u r v iv i n g H i s t o r i c Boundary Treatments appearance of the Conservation Area. Architectural Details and promote the replacement of inappropriate The Conservation Area, due to its layout Action: Where permitted, any fixtures and fittings and historical context, is particularly at development proposing the infill of risk from the negative effects that can a site, or the subdivision of a plot, The incremental loss of traditional be caused by inappropriate boundary should respond to the scale, architectural detailing is an issue which treatments. In order to retain the proportion, layout and materials of affects many Conservation Areas. established character, all boundary positive structures within the Replacement of windows, doors and treatments should be sympathetic with Conservation Area, as well as to roof coverings with inappropriate those in existence, and those which add 73. Tree management (Woodhouse the spaces between them. materials and designs, is negative and character to the area. Lane) affects both individual buildings and the Development affecting the Setting wider streetscape. This cumulative Action: To ensure that new of the Conservation Area change is particularly noticeable in the boundary treatments within the terrace rows where the original Conservation Area are consistent It is important that development around coherence, including roofscapes has with the traditional nature of those the Conservation Area does not spoil its been weakened. already in existence. Positive setting. Views towards and away from a existing boundary treatments will Conservation Area can be detrimentally Surviving historic features should be be valued and retained where affected by inappropriate placed maintained and sympathetically repaired possible. structures, or groups of structures, at where necessary. Where historic key locations around the Conservation fenestration (see photograph 19 page Tree Management Area. 11 & 73) and features have been lost in the identified positive buildings, Trees form an important part of the Appropriate design and materials should reinstatement of appropriate, traditional character of the area. Conservation still be used when designing structures detailed fittings is encouraged. Area designation affords some degree adjacent to the Conservation Area, as of protection. A tree that has a trunk well as consideration being given to the By encouraging the protection of diameter of 7.5cm when measured at impact it may have on views towards surviving historic detail and the 1.5 metres above ground level is and away from the Conservation Area. reinstatement of appropriately detailed protected within a Conservation Area. fittings in the defined positive buildings, Six weeks notification to Leeds City A c t i o n : T h e i m p a c t o f the character of the Conservation Area Council is required to undertake works d e v e l o p me n t s o u ts i d e t h e can be further enhanced. to trees above this size. If the works are Conservation Area that might deemed unacceptable then a Tree a f f e c t th e c h a ra c t e r a nd Action: Where repairs or Preservation Order may be made to appearance of the Conservation alterations are proposed to historic give the tree protection. Area should be considered. This structures, surviving historic will ensure that both the character features should be retained and 73. Ovill House fenestration detail

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Tree Management (Continued) Leeds 1781-1914 - Colin Treen - A number of ‘walkabouts’ were Guidance and support was provided by unpublished PhD - 1977 organised in late 2007 and early 2008 a freelance Town Planner and members If possible a tree strategy should be involving local residents to record of the City Council’s Conservation Team. undertaken to identify the most National positive buildings and structures and to Where to find out significant trees in a Conservation Area. !" Streets for All – and the note opportunities for enhancement. This could lead to the designation of Humber – 2005 – English more more Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) Heritage These observations also contributed to and can also identify general tree the content of the Headingley and Hyde Local sources are: management issues if further required. Copyright Park Neighbourhood Design Statement !" Central Library (Local & Family A replanting strategy should also be being prepared in parallel and to an History Section), The Headrow, considered in order to manage the The maps are based on Ordnance exhibition concerning the draft NDS of Leeds LS1. Tel 0113 247 8290 impact of loss of trees through over Survey material with the permission of findings in June 2008. email: [email protected] maturity. the Ordnance Survey on behalf of the website: www.leeds.gov.uk/ Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery A key outcome of these and subsequent library Action: Consideration should be Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised observations and comments from local given to formulating a tree reproduction infringes Crown copyright residents together with discussions !" Archive Service, strategy to protect and enhance and may lead to prosecution and/or civil involving the Chapeltown Road, Sheepscar, the local green character. proceedings. The map data, derived Conservation Team was the proposal to Leeds LS73AP. from Ordnance Survey mapping, significantly extend the existing Tel-0113 214 5814 email: included within this publication is Conservation Area, notably to include [email protected] website: References Woodhouse Ridge and the whole of www.archives.wyjs.org.uk provided by Leeds City Council under Woodhouse Moor. !" West Yorkshire Archaeology Local licence from the Ordnance Survey in S e r v i c e , N e w s te a d R oa d, order to fulfil its public function to publicise local public services. Leeds The revised boundaries were approved Wakefield WF1 2DE Tel A History of Woodhouse Moor – !" City Council Licence No. (100019567) in principle by Leeds City Council’s 0 1 9 2 4 3 0 6 8 1 0 e m a i l : th Ian Harker – 2008 – Friends of 2008 Planning Board on 13 August 2010. [email protected] website: Woodhouse Moor www.arch.wyjs.org.uk !" The Commons, Waste Lands and Planning Policy Context This draft document was then prepared Urban Moors of Leeds – Graham by the Steering Group in collaboration Branston – 2005 !" Headingley and Hyde Park with the Conservation Team for formal In addition, much information is public consultation for 6 weeks from 7th !" Woodhouse Remembered – 1991 Neighbourhood Design Statement available on other websites: March to 18th April and the subject of a – Woodhouse Local History Group – Supplementary Planning public exhibition on 12th March. !" www.heritagegateway.org.uk !" Yorkshire West Riding – Peter Document - Adopted Sept 2010 includes all listed building Leach and Nikolaus Pevsner – Acknowledgements descriptions and some photos 2009 – Yale University Press Community Involvement !" www.leodis.net has archive

!" Leeds – Pevsner Architectural The preparation of this document was photos of the Leeds district A Steering Group was established in Guide – Susan Wrathmell – 2005 led by members of the North Hyde Park October 2007 by the members of the !" www.old-maps.co.uk includes – Yale University Press Neighbourhood Association and funded North Hyde Park Neighbourhood early Ordnance Survey maps. !" Building and Estate Development through the Well-Being Fund of the Association and funding received from in the Northern Out townships of Inner North West Area Committee of the Inner North West Area Committee. Leeds City Council.

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Finding Out More Designation confers a general control and enhancement of the conservation !" Leeds City Council, Unitary over development that could damage area. Development Plan Review 2006,

the area’s character. The details are It provides a clear understanding of the particularly Chapter 5 Environment Local interest Groups complex but can be summarised as: special interest of Newlay conservation and Appendices A3 Building Design, !" Most demolition requires permission area by: Conservation and Landscape Design If you have found this appraisal of and will be resisted if the building !" accessing how the settlement has and A4 Archaeological Policies interest and would like to find out more, makes a positive contribution to the developed !" L e e d s C i t y C o u n c i l , L o c a l the following local interest groups are area. !" analysing its present day character Development Framework, emerging useful sources of knowledge; !" Some minor works to houses is no and framework that will ultimately longer "permitted development" and !" identifying opportunities for replace the Local Plan. Historic map copyright details. will require planning permission. enhancement Community involvement and Examples are rear dormer windows, This appraisal follows the current adoption The first edition Ordnance Survey map external cladding and most satellite guidance set out by English Heritage in is reproduced. Based on the Ordnance dishes on front elevations. the 2006 publication ‘Guidance on A draft version of this appraisal will go Survey and Landmark 1880 OS 1:2500 !" Advertisement controls are tighter conservation area appraisals’. through a public consultation process. A historic mapping with the permission of !" Most work to trees has to be notified The appraisal is not intended to be five week period of public consultation the Controller of Her Majesty’s including: to the Council who has six weeks in comprehensive and the omission of any Stationery Office © Crown copyright which to decide to impose particular building, feature or space !" A four week exhibition at the local and Landmark Information Group. restrictions. should not be taken to imply that it is of library, with handout summary Unauthorised reproduction infringes !" Generally, higher standards of no interest. leaflets and access to a paper copy Crown copyright and may lead to of the appraisal prosecution or civil proceedings. Leeds design apply for new buildings and Planning policy context alterations to existing ones. !" A presentation of the findings of the City Council licence No (100019567) This appraisal should be read in Change is inevitable in most appraisal was given at a public conjunction with the wider national, conservation areas and it is not the meeting What is a conservation area? regional and local planning policy and intention of the designation to prevent !" Ident ified stakeholders and guidance. Relevant documents include: A conservation area is ‘an area of the continued evolution of places. The interested parties will be directly special architectural or historic interest challenge within conservation areas is !" Planning (Listed Buildings and notified the character or appearance of which it to manage change in a way that Conservation Areas) Act 1990 !" The appraisal and response form is desirable to preserve or enhance’. maintains, reinforces and enhances the !" Planning Policy Guidance 15: were made available through the Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings special qualities of the area. P l a n n i n g a n d t h e H i s t o r i c Council’s website and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Environment !" The consultation was advertised with What is the purpose of this !" Planning Policy Guidance 16: local press coverage and a leaflet What does conservation area appraisal? status mean? Archaeology and Planning drop to all residences in the This appraisal provides the basis for !" The Yorkshire and Humber Plan (The conservation area. Conservation area status provides the making informed, sustainable decisions Regional Spatial Strategy) May 2008, opportunity to promote the protection in the positive management, protection particularly Policy ENV9 Historic and enhancement of the special Environment character of the defined area.

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Appendix: Schedule gritstone with fish-scale slate !" Spring Hill, 14 Cumberland Road with later C19th coursed gritstone roof, gothic revival style (466201) – 1846 by Thomas extension, including walls and of Listed Buildings !" 44a Headingley Lane (ex URC Shaw – coursed gritstone and gateway (466130) and Monuments Church) (465379) – 1864 by steep pitched slate roof with !" Virginia House, 2 North Grange Cuthbert Brodrick – coursed heraldic beasts at each apex in Road (466131) – early C19th

gritstone, gothic revival style – gothic revival style including ashlar stone on main frontages !" 1 - 5 H e a d i n g l e y T e r r a c e , long flight of steps to entrance coach house/stables and walls and slate hipped roof with later Headingley Lane (465427) – porch with rose window above – (466203) C19th extensions, including cast c1840 – 5 terraced, 3 bay houses tall spire to right side – including !" Ridgeway House, 24 Cumberland iron and wooden pump, walls, in ashlar stone with slate roofs - 3 walls and gates (465380) Road (466230) – 1848 – ashlar gate piers and steps (466133) entrances with Tuscan columns, !" Rose Court, 29 Headingley Lane stone with slate hipped roof and !" Holmfield, 1 North Hill Road steps and railings, including (465363) – 1842 – ashlar stone central porch with Tuscan (466134) – 1835 – coursed stone, garden studio and boundary walls with slate hipped roof – 4 Tuscan columns, including coach house/ slate roof and large wooden (465260) columns on north porch – terrace stables (466210) and gates and porch 1/3/5 Grosvenor Mount (465169) !" on south side with retaining wall walls (465251) !" Lincombe, 7 North Hill Road – mid C19th terrace of ashlar and flight of steps with stone !" Cumberland Priory, Cumberland (466140) – 1896 – by Bedford stone with slate roof including balustrades – including gate piers Road (466214) – c1840 by John and Kitson – rendered brick with boundary walls (465169) (465366) Child for himself – coursed stone gritstone details, grey slate !" Grosvenor House, 2 Grosvenor !" Devonshire Hall, Cumberland with slate roof in Tudor revival hipped roof, stone mullions and Mount (465249) – mid C19th, Road (466218) – 1928 – 3 storey style with mullioned windows, leaded lights in Arts and Crafts restored 1993 – ashlar stone with courtyard complex in Scottish including front wall and gates style after Voysey slate hipped roof in classical style baronial style with colonnades (265384) !" 17 North Hill Road (466141) – with Greek motifs, including and 2 storey central oriole !" Ashwood, 48 Headingley Lane mid C19th dressed stone, slate terrace and boundary walls window and clock turret including (465381) – c1836 – ashlar stone roof and wooden gabled porch, (465250) gatehouse (466228) and late with roof concealed behind Tudor style including front wall, !" 1-5 Grosvenor Terrace (465253) C19th stables and cottage block parapet in Tudor revival style by gate piers and gates (466143) – completed in 1845, 5 double with cupola converted in 1994 John Child – altered in early !" Hilton Court, 2 North Hill Road fronted terraced houses in ashlar (466227) by Procter and Charlton. C20th – childhood home of Alfred (466137) – c1840 - ashlar stone, stone with slate hipped roofs, !" Regent Villas, Cumberland Road Austin, Poet Laureate slate hipped roof, entrance with including boundary walls and (466220, 466229) – mid C19th - !" 50/52 Headingley Lane (465385) Ionic columns, stone balustrade gateways (465254, 465258) 2 pairs of semi-detached houses – midC19th semi-detached with balconies including terraced !" Hilly Ridge House, Grosvenor arranged ‘back to back’ now part ashlar stone and slate hipped roof walling, boundary walls, gateway Road (ex Vice Chancellor’s Lodge) of Devonshire Hall in coursed !" Highfield House, 54 Headingley and stable wing (465262) – 1839 coursed stone gritstone with slate hipped roofs Lane (465392) – c1830 – ashlar !" North Hill House, North Grange with slate hipped roof, including !" Elmfield, 12/13 Cumberland Road stone with slate hipped roof and Mount (466127) – 1846 altered gateways and railings (465265) – (466194) – 1846 by Thomas central porch with Tuscan 1881 – ashlar facade, coursed altered in C20th Shaw – coursed stone with blue columns (now hall of residence) gritstone sides, pair of large 1 Ashwood Villas and 46 !" slate roof and central pilastered !" North Grange, 1 North Grange traceried bay windows to front Headingley Lane (465004) – 1870 porch, including gate piers and Road (466129) – early C19th ground and first floors, elaborate semi-detached pair – coursed walls (466208) ashlar stone and slate hipped roof gothic revival style – slate roof with embattled parapets and tall

31 gritstone sides, pair of large gabled entrance porch with tall !" 3/5/7 Victoria Road (465663) – !" Memorial to Queen Victoria traceried bay windows to front clock tower ending in conical c1840 – terrace – ashlar (465817) – 1903 – Grade 2* - ground and first floors, elaborate dome above, flanked by a pair of sandstone and slate roofs Portland Stone pedestal with gothic revival style – slate roof detached professorial houses with !" 27/29 Victoria Road (465664) – bronze figures – the Queen with embattled parapets and tall entrances in lean- to verandas by c1840 – ashlar sandstone facade, flanked by ‘Peace’ and ‘Industry’– crenellated chimney stacks Wilson and Wllcox (465436, slate roof and plain Doric columns moved from in front of the Town 465438) !" Oakfield, 31 Headingley Lane to recessed entrance Hall to Woodhouse Moor in 1937 1 and 2 Woodhouse Cliff (465439) – c1840 converted 1990 !" !" Bethel Pentecostal ( Methodist) !" Robert Peel Statue (465890) – - originally stables and coach (465766) – 19th century – three Church (465667) – 1886 – 1852 – Portland Stone on pink house to Highfields (now storey ashlar stone sandstone gothic revival style granite pedestal – moved from demolished) ashlar and slate 3 and 4 Woodhouse Cliff !" !" 63 Victoria Road (Ash Grove) the Town Hall to Hyde Park hipped roof (465768) – early 19th century – Corner in1937 (465665) – 1838 – first detached !" Elinor Lupton Centre (ex Church three storey ashlar stone house on Victoria Road – only !" Duke of Wellington Statue – 1858 of Christ Scientist) (465421) – !" 5 Woodhouse Cliff (Cliff House) brick house of the period locally – also moved from the Town Hall 1912 with extension in 1932 both th (465769) – late 17 century with (now 3 separate properties) to Woodhouse Moor th by William Scofield – Portland 19 century alterations – two !" HR Marsden Statue (465820) – stone in Egyptian classical style !" S t . A u g u s t i n e ’ s C h u r c h storey coursed sandstone 1878 – Mayor 1873-5 - marble including boundary walls (Wrangthorn) (465889) – 1871 – !" 7A Woodhouse Cliff (Sycamore gritstone gothic revival style – pedestal – moved from Merrion !" Buckingham House, Headingley Lodge) (465770) – c1860 – red landmark tower and spire – well Street to Monument Moor in 1952 Lane (465402) – c1840 – coursed brick with ashlar stone details – preserved interior gritstone, slate roof, Ionic Italianate style – now offices - !" Post and Delivery Office, 221 columns to entrance in classical including boundary wall and gate Woodhouse Street (465828) – style piers (465772) 1906 - red brick and sandstone !" Ford House (Buckingham Villas) !" 3 2 / 3 4 H e a d i n g l e y L a n e baroque revival style (465648) – late C19th – originally (465368,465370) – c1840, pair of !" Hyde Park Picture House pair of semi-detached houses – semi detached houses – coursed (465641) – 1908, converted into coursed gritstone with ashlar sandstone with slate roofs – a cinema in 1914 – red brick with details in gothic revival style – including gate piers (465372) blue slate gabled roof with turrets stone detailing – semi circular !" 36 Headingley Lane (465374) – lobby with ionic columns – !" Lodge House, 62 Headingley Lane c1840, detached – coursed including gas lamp outside (465396) – c1846 – originally sandstone with slate roof – (465647) lodge to Highfields (demolished) including gate piers (465376) !" Harrisons Houses (Harrison and – coursed stone and slate hipped !" 38/40 Headingley Lane (Mount roof Potter Trust Homes) (465189) – View) (465377) – c1840, pair of c1840 almshouses extended !" Hinsley Hall (Mount St. Josephs semi-detached houses – coursed 1870 – red brick – 2 storey with 3 College) ex Wesleyan College sandstone with slate hipped roofs storey tower - Tudor gothic style (465429) – 1868 with later C19th !" 42/44 Headingley Lane (465378) – including iron railings extensions – Potternewton – c1840, pair of semi-detached coursed stone with ashlar !" North Lodge, Woodhouse Moor houses – coursed sandstone with dressings, slate roofs – courtyard (465818) – c1840 gritstone with slate hipped roofs blue slate roof gothic revival style layout in gothic revival style –

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