| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/12114 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | Green Hill House, Armley |
| Description | Green Hill House, Armley. Former Bramley Union Workhouse offices constructed in 1901 (SE 25609 33810).
Constructed in 1901 (datestone in pediment above main entrance) as the administration offices for the nearby Bramley Union Workhouse.
Became the administrative offices for Leeds Public Assistance Committee in 1930 (Public Assistance Committees were the bodies created after the abolition of Board of Guardians in 1930 when workhouses were also abolished. Public Assistance Committees inherited responsibility for the administration of poor relief in the U.K.).
Continued as Relief Offices (OS 1:10560 map of 1948) until c.1954 when the building is depicted as Green Hill Hostel (a care home for the elderly). Used as a care home until the mid 1980s.
(Web site: 'Leodis a photographic archive of Leeds'. http://www.leodis.net/. Web site accessed 19/04/2013)
Current on line mapping resources depict a two storey five bay building. The two end bays have gables with moulded ashlar coping stones, ridge stone and finials. The building is constructed of red brick in plain Italianate style with ashlar trimmings. There are ashlar string courses at various heights. The central bay which contains the entrance projects to roof height and is topped by segmental pediment supported on brick and ashlar pilasters. An ashlar cornice with denticulate moulding and a plain frieze runs the full length of the front facade, forming a band across the two end bay gables. The fenestration surrounds are also of ashlar construction. The ground floor windows are two light, the firsts floor windows are transomed with a two light window in the central bay, all others on the floor are three light. Two light windows are present in both end bay gables. The roof has two dormer windows. The front entrance is not visible on available imagery. In the centre of the roof is a small domed wooden lantern with vent slats.
(http://maps.google.co.uk/. Web site accessed19/04/2013). |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |