Blocked up gates on Whitehall Road - any ideas?

LeeJ · Post by **LeeJ** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 11:58 am

I pass these gates every night. Going along Whitehall Road towards the Dragon bridge from Ringways roundabout at New Farnley. Along the left hand side there is a long stone wall. It looks like when the houses on Kellett Drive etc were built instead of flattening the whole place they left the old stone wall up and just cut sections out to make driveways. So, halfway along someones garden wall there is a set of iron gates, blocked up behind. Can anyone shed any light on what used to be on this site? Old house? factory? It must've been something grand with a set of gate posts like those...Heres the map for the location, I've drawn a RED line to show where the long wall is...https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HqHU ... 3.bmpHeres a shot looking towards the Dragon Bridge, Long wall with gates on the left...https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-56ED ... ds1.jpgand a close up of the grand gates/posts...https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GBHP ... leeds2.jpg

liits · Post by **liits** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 12:48 pm

A either Eldon House or Aspern Ings.

chemimike · Post by **chemimike** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 1:10 pm

I'm pretty sure its Aspen Inge. Eldon house is too far to the west

LeeJ · Post by **LeeJ** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 1:42 pm

What was Eldon House then? A residential house?

liits · Post by **liits** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 4:46 pm

Found a little more information. In the 1880’s, Eldon house was called Aspen Cottage and was home to Samuel Rickards, Corn Merchant, and his large family - wife, four daughters, two sons, two servants and a visitor.A transcription error in the census records the family name as Richards.By the 1890’s and now called Aspen House, it was home to Roger Marshal. A Woollen Manufacturer, and his family.Aspen Ing [not Ings] was, in the 1880’s home to Robert Barton, Corn Miller & Maltster, and his family – wife, son, four visitors and a domestic servant.In the 1890, it was home to William Ingham, a retired Farmer and his family.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 4:47 pm

The other side of Leeds are similar old gate posts for the building that once stood there.You can still see the gate posts of Brownhill School on Harehills Lane herehttp://snipurl.com/o5oI think that place has been knocked down 20 years now.

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 7:33 pm

liits wrote: Found a little more information. In the 1880’s, Eldon house was called Aspen Cottage and was home to Samuel Rickards, Corn Merchant, and his large family - wife, four daughters, two sons, two servants and a visitor.A transcription error in the census records the family name as Richards.By the 1890’s and now called Aspen House, it was home to Roger Marshal. A Woollen Manufacturer, and his family.Aspen Ing [not Ings] was, in the 1880’s home to Robert Barton, Corn Miller & Maltster, and his family – wife, son, four visitors and a domestic servant.In the 1890, it was home to William Ingham, a retired Farmer and his family. Some related information about the fields that predated this househttp://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messages.aspx ... Light=1Pic 1890

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 11 Jun, 2011 2:20 am

Phill_dvsn wrote: The other side of Leeds are similar old gate posts for the building that once stood there.You can still see the gate posts of Brownhill School on Harehills Lane herehttp://snipurl.com/o5oI think that place has been knocked down 20 years now. My old school

Omegaman · Post by **Omegaman** » Sat 11 Jun, 2011 5:02 pm

Hi,These gates were once the front garden entrance to the large stone house that is further back behind the pair of brick semis. In the 70's the house was derelict and as kids we used to play in the overgrown front garden. If I remember correctly, the pair of semis now at the front were built by the chap who lived in the house to the left (Last house on Kellett Drive). He was a builder and had a yard on Royds Lane (Makro side), last thing on the right before entering the railway tunnel next to Fryers coal yard. He used to chase us out of the garden if he caught us playing there!

diglet01 · Post by **diglet01** » Sun 12 Jun, 2011 1:19 pm

Hi i also can remember the old house situated behind the pair of semi's i could see it from my bedroom window, it was always in a bad state but seemed to have people living it. Someone redeveloped it after i moved away access was by the small road between the shops on Dixon Lane, the entrance on Whitehall Road was never used, we too used to play in the gardens. The builder who lived next to the house was called Slater, he built the houses in front although they were unocupied for a long time as if they were not finished.