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Description: | 8th March 2009.
View from the north side of Cad Beeston off Temple Crescent. Cad Beeston Manor House came to light when the then owner Mr. Thomas Scholefield applied for planning permission to redevelop the row of terraced houses known as Cad Beeston. The one in the centre had once numbered 8 Cad Beeston with 7 to the left and 9 to the right. Initial building work revealed timbers that dated from the 14th century and a Building Preservation Order was placed to protect the properties. Research showed that Cad Beeston was actually situated within the ancient township of Holbeck and had once been the home of the Latimer family. According to Mr. D.J.H. Michelmore, a specialist in the restoration of such buildings, the surviving structure was not built earlier than 1350 and not later than 1550. At that time, the area would have been a wild stretch of land inhabited by wolves and wild boar. Further research revealed that Peter de Rome had owned the Manor house in 1425, and was almost certainly the original owner. The Manor House was subsequently made a Grade II listed building, and a program of restoration work began, lasting six years. Work was completed in 1991 and the Manor House was opened to the public for the first time. The Great Hall of the Manor is the only surviving room, and a feature of special interest is a panel of medieval plasterwork with ritual signs scratched on it to protect the occupants from witches. The building is now in use as offices. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | listed Temple Crescent Cad Beeston Manor house | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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