| Description | 11 to 21 St John's Square, Wakefield.
'Early C19 terrace of 5 storeys and basements, highest at left because of hill slope. Slightly projecting 5 bay centre under pediment; 5 bay outer sections project also. Red brick, with stone dressings including cornice and pediment coping, ground floor band, window architraves in centre section and cornices to those ground floor. Sash windows, about half retaining glazing bars, have gauged flat brick arches and stone cills. Blank round panel in pediment. Five or six panel doors with patterned oblong fanlights. Varied doorcases, some classical, some simple architraves, some late C19 or early C20 additions and some without any door case. No 14 and Rochford Home have later bay windows, square and canted. Wrought iron hand and arm railings. No 22 has good contemporary rear extensions. Long, round arched staircase windows behind'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 14/07/1953. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1273400. Web site accessed 26/11/2013).
No.21 St John's Square was the subject of planning application in 2004 for 'Erection of a timber gate to rear arch' (Wakefield Council planning reference number 04/99/34968/D). Peter Thornborrow (Senior Historic Buildings Adviser. WYAS) provided the consultation response.
Thornborrow considered this building to be a fine late Georgian three storey terrace fronting St John's Square. At the rear is a small yard bounded by a brick wall with a tall (possibly) contemporary segmental arched opening of sufficient size to permit a horse and carriage to enter the yard.
Thornborrow approved of the scheme, making a few design suggestions for the new gates (Thornborrow, P.H. (WYAS). 2004).
WYAAS holds an archive of material relating to houses of St John's Square. Items include:
Copy of local history publication: Un named and undated. 'Harmony of composition'.
Copy of local history publication: Un named and undated. 'Vigilance saved St John's from the developers'.
Photographic prints. Thornborrow, P.H. (WYAS). c.1991. 'Wakefield: St John's Square'. Details of frontages.
Photographic print. Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. c.1980. 'Wakefield: St John's Square'. Frontage long views
These items are held by WYAAS in the file associated with this record.
11 to 21 St John's Square was the subject of an archaeological assessment by Karl Lunn (WYAAS) in 2013. The photographic images produced by the assessment are held in the WYAAS digital image archive (Lunn, K.R. (WYAAS). 2013). |