| Description | This former coach house and stables at Bardon Hill (PRN 8729) was built 1873 5, and was then largely rebuilt c.1902 by Thomas Winn for Joseph Pickersgill. It is now used as a dining room, gymnasium and flat (English Heritage, 1996). It has a coursed gritstone ground floor, with a timber framed upper floor, and a red tiled roof. It is two storeys high, and has a U plan with a part domestic west range flanked by the projecting stable wing to the north and coach house/exercise area wing to the south. The house has been built in vernacular Revival style. Very fine tiling survives in the stables, along with cast iron stall divisions and stained glass windows. The rear of the engine house and lobby are also tiled. The yard outside is closed by a low wall with wrought iron railings that incorporate scrolled panels with Art Nouveau motifs and rusticated piers. The floor of the yard is set with herringbone pattern cobbles and tiles.
Joseph Pickersgill was described as a millionaire race horse owner in his obituary in 1920. There is note included in the archives of the Leeds clock makers Potts that states that a Cambridge Quarter Clock with four illuminated dials and five bells was supplied c.1901 for J Pickersgill, Bardon Hill. This structure is thought to have stood in the centre of the ridge of the former coach house and stable, where the tiles have been replaced.
(Text edited from English Heritage LBO description).
In 1999 an application for planning permission was being processed that involved alterations to the entrance on Weetwood Lane (PRN 8724), and also the conversion of the stables to form nine dwellings.
In July/August 2000 a programme of historic building recording, including full photographic survey, of the stable block was undertaken by AOC Archaeology Group prior to the aforementioned conversion to residental use. For full details, or to view the photographs take, please see the final report (AOC Archaeology, 2000), a copy of which is on file at West Yorkshire HER. |