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Description: | 1926.
View of Springhead House taken from Springhead Park.
Springhead House was built in 1806 in conjunction with the building of the Cloth Factory on the side of Rothwell Beck.
In 1845 the partnership running the Cloth factory dissolved and the estate was bought by
Mr. Blayds of Oulton Hall.
In 1851 one half of the house was occupied by Thomas Caldwell, Head Gardener of the Oulton Estate while the other half was empty.
In 1861 Mr. John Brown a Timber Merchant from Leeds occupied the house. He built a Saw Mill on the site that was previously the Cloth Factory.
It was around this time that the house was largely rebuilt and aquired the name
'Springfield House'.
When Mr.Brown died the house was acquired by the Nichols Family.
The house was demolished in the Mid. 1900s.
The site of the building is now being represented by flower beds and is located behind the present park wall. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Springhead House Park Lane Springhead Park. | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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