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Queens House and Attached Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in City and Hunslet, Leeds

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Latitude: 53.7963 / 53°47'46"N

Longitude: -1.5492 / 1°32'57"W

OS Eastings: 429788

OS Northings: 433424

OS Grid: SE297334

Mapcode National: GBR BHL.SX

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.5VJ2

Plus Code: 9C5WQFW2+G8

Entry Name: Queens House and Attached Railings

Listing Date: 22 March 1974

Last Amended: 11 September 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255732

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465721

ID on this website: 101255732

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
714-1/77/428 (North side)
22/03/74 No.34
Queen's House and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
WELLINGTON STREET
(North side)
Basement area railings of No.34
(Queen's House))

II

Offices. c1870, railings c1900, altered C20. Rendered, roof
not visible, wrought-iron railings. 4 storeys over basement, 3
bays with 1, 2, 1 first-floor windows. Round-arched openings
throughout. Rusticated ground floor with central double doors
in projecting arched entrance with impost band, cornice and
shallow pediment; flanking windows. Upper floors: plain
surrounds to windows with late C20 glazing; carved rosettes
between 1st-floor windows; moulded sill bands clasp rainwater
pipes at outer ends; moulded frieze at eaves with lion masks
and kneelers; parapet rebuilt.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: basement railings: Art Nouveau design of
a scrolled seaweed motif instead of rails supporting moulded
handrail across basement front and flanking steps.
In 1870 the premises of B Berry, woollen merchant; the 1886
Insurance map shows B Berry, wholesale drapery warehouse.
(Directory of Leeds: 1870-; Insurance map of Leeds: 1886-).



Listing NGR: SE2978833424

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