Description

LEEDS

SE23NE BECKETT PARK, Beckett Park
714-1/6/521 Stables north-west of The Grange
05/08/76
(Formerly Listed as:
BECKETT'S PARK, Beckett Park
Stables north west of Kirkstall
Grange)

GV II

Coach house and stables, now offices and lecture rooms. Mid
C19, altered C20. Coursed squared gritstone, hipped stone
slate roof. 2 storeys, 8 first-floor windows. Quoins.
Symmetrical facade with tall round carriage arch (now blocked)
in pedimented centre bay, a small round-arch opening in the
tympanum. Plain stone surrounds to openings: C20 doors, sashes
with glazing bars, margin lights to 3rd window on ground and
1st floor left and 6th window, 1st floor, right. Paired eaves
brackets, deep paired brackets support moulded pediment. Rear:
a central 2-storey gabled bay, left end projects slightly.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The 1834 map of Kirkstall Grange (Baines and Newsome) shows a
large L-shaped range immediately behind the house; this range
was probably built for the Beckett family soon after.
(Baines and Newsome: Map of the Borough of Leeds: 1834-).

Listing NGR: SE2675836724

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547834

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)