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No. 43 Woodhouse Lane

A Grade II Listed Building in City and Hunslet, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8017 / 53°48'6"N

Longitude: -1.5457 / 1°32'44"W

OS Eastings: 430015

OS Northings: 434030

OS Grid: SE300340

Mapcode National: GBR BJJ.JZ

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.7P5X

Plus Code: 9C5WRF23+MP

Entry Name: No. 43 Woodhouse Lane

Listing Date: 5 August 1976

Last Amended: 11 September 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255652

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465781

Also known as: Leeds Metropolitan University

ID on this website: 101255652

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: City and Hunslet

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Leeds City

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: University building Chapelry Chapel

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Description


SE3034
714-1/29/441
05/08/76


LEEDS
WOODHOUSE LANE (South West side)
No. 43

(Formerly listed as Leeds Metropolitan University, previously listed as: Leeds Polytechnic (Accounting and Applied Economics Building))

GV
II

Methodist New Connexion chapel, now part of Leeds Metropolitan University. 1857-58, altered mid C20. By William Hill. Red brick with stone dressings, slate roof. Two storeys over basement, five x seven bays. Classical style. Corinthian pilastered doorways with heavy entablatures and semicircular fanlights (that to right blocked) flank three round-headed windows.

First floor: original central window is round-headed, with carved impost blocks and keystone; flanking tall metal-framed windows. Rusticated pilasters to corners, bracketed cornice, full-width pediment with round light and relief foliage in tympanum, stepped stone ?chimneys at each end of roof apex. Left return: original and altered fenestration as front.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

The chapel cost £6,000 to build and contained an organ and memorial window to Mr Alderman Marsden; school rooms and an institute were in the basement.

(Kelly's Directory of Leeds: 1913-: XXVIII).

Listing NGR: SE3001534030

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