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Number 19 and Attached Buildings

A Grade II Listed Building in City and Hunslet, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7961 / 53°47'45"N

Longitude: -1.5505 / 1°33'1"W

OS Eastings: 429707

OS Northings: 433403

OS Grid: SE297334

Mapcode National: GBR BHL.JZ

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.4VY6

Plus Code: 9C5WQCWX+CR

Entry Name: Number 19 and Attached Buildings

Listing Date: 5 August 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255729

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465718

ID on this website: 101255729

Location: Granary Wharf, 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 St George

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


LEEDS

SE2933SE WELLINGTON STREET 714-1/77/426 (South side) 05/08/76 No.19 and attached buildings

GV II

Woollen warehouse, now offices. Dated 1859, converted C20. Probably by George Corson. For John Sykes. Red and polychrome brick, stone dressings, slate roof, cast-iron railings. 4 storeys over basement, 7 bays. Central stone doorway with Mooorish arch supported on columns with carved capitals and circular fanlight in stone frame with carved date and initials, 'I S'; arcaded ground floor with carved capitals and arched window heads. Heavy cornice over ground floor projects over doorway and is carved. 1st and 2nd floors: segmental arch windows with stone architraves with keyblocks and moulded sills on brackets. 3rd floor: 2-light round arch windows in Gothic arcade with continuous moulded sill. Rusticated basement storey with balustrade and gates of circular panels, standards with vase finials. Deep moulded modillion eaves cornice, truncated ridge stack left. INTERIOR: not inspected. The premises of J Sykes and Son, merchant in 1861; the business was Hudson, Sykes and Bousfield, woollen manufacturers and merchants by 1870. George Corson was responsible for the plans of many of the warehouses between Aire Street and King Street built as merchants required premises close to the railways and the Cloth Halls went out of use. (Butler Wilson, T: Two Leeds Architects: Brodrick and Corson: 1937-: 48).



Listing NGR: SE2970733403

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