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This view is from the bottom of Town Gate looking towards the junction with Rodley Lane, out of view to the left, and Calverley Lane, centre. Two lodges are just visible at either side of the image. The lodge on the left is for a large residence called Elmwood built by woollen manufacturer, Samuel Gray at the end of the nineteenth century. The acre of land on which it stands was originally owned by the Vicar of Calverley. Between the years of 1912 and 1946 Elmwood was the home of the Gaunt family who played an active part in community life. The first Girl Guides of Calverley attended meetings in the outbuildings here until Mrs. Ethel Gaunt instigated the building of the Guide Hut in Blackett Street in 1934. Elmwood was converted to a hotel and restaurant in 1999. A stone gateway to the right of the image and the lodge behind it belonged to a Victorian mansion called Brookleigh. It was built in 1874 for another woollen manufacturer of Savins Mill, Commercial Road, Kirkstall. He and his family also contributed to the community, with particular regard to the parish church. After 1895 the house became the property of Edwin Woodhouse of Farsley who later became Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1905. Brookleigh was demolished in 1958 and sheltered housing was erected on the site. The lodge still remains and is numbered as 30 Town Gate. A motorbike and sidecar travels along Calverley Lane towards the junction. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Elmwood Rodley Lane Calverley Lane Town Gate | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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