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Ardenlea

Ardenlea, Queens Drive, Ilkley, LS29 9HY

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1389294
Date first listed:: 26-Sep-2000
List Entry Name:: Ardenlea
Statutory Address:: Ardenlea, Queens Drive, Ilkley, LS29 9HY

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1389294
Date first listed:: 26-Sep-2000
List Entry Name:: Ardenlea
Statutory Address 1:: Ardenlea, Queens Drive, Ilkley, LS29 9HY

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Ardenlea, Queens Drive, Ilkley, LS29 9HY

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Ilkley
National Grid Reference:: SE 10993 47169

Details

SE 1047 710/2/10009

ILKLEY QUEEN'S DRIVE (North side) Ardenlea

27-SEP-00

II

House, now Marie Curie Centre. 1881, altered 1914 and c1963. Designed for George Thorpe by Thomas Hope of Bradford. Coursed and rock-faced gritstone with ashlar dressings, Westmorland slate roofs and cast iron railings. Deeply bracketed stone eaves cornice. Plate glass sash windows throughout. Two storey with attic.

East entrance has symmetrical facade with central projecting four storey square tower. Ground floor has three-light bowed window and above single sash with rounded head, attic floor has pairs of narrow sashes on all three sides and top floor has tall Venetian windows to all four sides with tall keystones, bracketed cornice above with stone balustrade. To left inserted front door and to right single sash, both under entablature with Doric pilasters. Beyond to left a late C20 addition masking original front door, now entrance to addition. Above on either side single round headed windows to fronts and sides.

South, street facade has large square bay window to right with three sashes to each floor divided by pilasters, set back top section has further three sashes and pilasters topped with a pediment. To left single sash to each floor and beyond pair of round headed sashes now blocked by late C20 lift shaft which projects above eaves. Beyond slightly projecting stair has ground floor door with round headed sash above and further tall through eaves stair window with sash and round head. To left again late C20 single storey projection, above pair of narrow sashes to right and at canted corner projecting pyramidal hipped roof supported on stone column with single sashes.

North, garden front has two full height bay windows. That to left square with three round headed sashes topped with attic with Venetian window under tall gable. That to right canted with three round headed sashes on the ground and first floors, attic has tall central round headed window topped with gable. Three storey early C20 extension to right. Hipped roofs have ornate iron railings along ridge.

INTERIOR has main central entrance and staircase hall with Minton tile floor, plaster pilasters and screen of two full columns. Deeply moulded coving and plaster panel ceiling, all doors have moulded surrounds with brackets supporting flat hoods and panel doors. Staircase has single central flight and two short return flights with turned balusters rising to upper landing with similar plaster decoration and deeply coved ceiling. Cove supported on pilasters and full columns with bracketed eaves and three round headed windows with decorative stained glass. All the reception rooms retain very fine plaster ceilings and coving with original panel doors and surrounds. Main bedrooms on upper floors also retain similar though plainer features.

Listing NGR: SE1099347169

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 487929
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.