| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/12814 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | 50-64 Victoria Road, Shipley |
| Description | Almshouses. Dated 1868. By Lockwood and Mawson for Titus Salt. Pitch faced stone. Welsh slate roof. One and two storeys. An ordered and near symmetrical Italianate style facade of 14 houses, consisting of alternate gabled bays and entrance bays. The central 3 bay block has gabled left and right bays with enriched tympana, each with a roundel with 'T.S.' to left and ' C. S.' to right. Central square bell turret with enriched pedimented top is inscribed ' OPENED / SEPTEMBER / 1868 '. Paired entrances, with 4 panel doors, in open porches with central colonnettes. Paired round arched sash windows with central colonnettes, some with decorative friezes. Bracketed eaves and gables. Tall stacks with cornices. Right return (Nos 50 and 51) is similar, and of 3 bays with a projecting gabled wing to right.
Attached to right is dwarf wall with 2 square ashlar piers with decorative caps, and cast iron square section railings.
Part of Saltaire model village.
These houses were also photographed by Bradford Council as part of their Listed Buildings at Risk Survey in 1994.
A copy of the above information including photographs, is held online at the offices of West Yorkshire HER. |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |