"Blind" back to backs

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 6:34 pm

Curious type of back to back I saw in Armley town street where 2 back to back rows of houses back on to each other with a gap of a few inches between them. Are there other examples of this in Leeds? Seem to recall reading that they were peculiar to Leeds.

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 6:36 pm

Seen a few of "single" back to backs - here's some in Beeston

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 6:52 pm

From Leodis Site28th May 1965. On the left of this view numbers 4 and 2 Cricketers Street are visible. These are blind back properties with a small alleyway separating them from Southfield Mount, the gable end of which is visible on the right. View looks from Wesley Road.You would have to be a skinny guy to get down this alley way!

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 8:37 pm

There is another opposite the first pic on Armley town st. where the shop is, the gap is half bricked up??

simong · Post by **simong** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 11:49 pm

There are some off New Street in Farsley, at least two rows that are blind back to backs separated by less than a foot of space. Here it is on Street View: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 9,,0,16.69

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 3:21 pm

simong wrote: There are some off New Street in Farsley, at least two rows that are blind back to backs separated by less than a foot of space. Here it is on Street View: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 9,,0,16.69 Just looked at that. I wonder what the long pale coloured building with what seems to be bricked up (or plastered over) windows is on the opposite side of the road? Not a pretty sight to have to look out on from homes. Google Street View is fascinating.

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 7:44 pm

Leodian wrote: simong wrote: There are some off New Street in Farsley, at least two rows that are blind back to backs separated by less than a foot of space. Here it is on Street View: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 9,,0,16.69 Just looked at that. I wonder what the long pale coloured building with what seems to be bricked up (or plastered over) windows is on the opposite side of the road? Not a pretty sight to have to look out on from homes. Google Street View is fascinating. Hi Leodian - I agree about Google Streetview - an invaluble tool - I hope they archive it for future generations. Imagine if we had this for 1900, 1800 ... Think the building is the old "Tradex" now "Go Outdoors"

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 7:54 pm

Are there any examples with 2 blind back to backs like the picture in the second message e.g. / \

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 8:58 pm

Leeds Hippo wrote: From Leodis Site28th May 1965. On the left of this view numbers 4 and 2 Cricketers Street are visible. These are blind back properties with a small alleyway separating them from Southfield Mount, the gable end of which is visible on the right. View looks from Wesley Road.You would have to be a skinny guy to get down this alley way! Alan Godfetys notes to his upper armley repro map refer to the rows of backs on st ives mount, edingburgh road and edingburgh grove and terrace.The gap is "a few inches" but he doesn't explain this. This wasn't a way to avoid any law against new back to backs being built was it?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 9:09 pm

Leeds Hippo wrote: Leodian wrote: simong wrote: There are some off New Street in Farsley, at least two rows that are blind back to backs separated by less than a foot of space. Here it is on Street View: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 9,,0,16.69 Just looked at that. I wonder what the long pale coloured building with what seems to be bricked up (or plastered over) windows is on the opposite side of the road? Not a pretty sight to have to look out on from homes. Google Street View is fascinating. Hi Leodian - I agree about Google Streetview - an invaluble tool - I hope they archive it for future generations. Imagine if we had this for 1900, 1800 ... Think the building is the old "Tradex" now "Go Outdoors" It would be great if at some time in the future (hopefully near!) that Street View could be turned into a 3D Virtual Reality so that we could 'walk' the old streets of Leeds.