This former house has now been divided into apartments. It is set back from the main road behind a telephone exchange and opposite St Michael's and All Angels Church.
Headingley Castle was known for a good deal of the 19th century as The Elms It was designed in about 1841 on land that had been owned by Barbara Marshall. It was built between 1843 and 1846 by the local architect John Child for the corn merchant Thomas England. The estate was originally 22 acres. While the exterior of Headingley Castle is Victorian Gothic in style, the architect employed modern building techniques and materials including cast iron in its construction.
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