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Sovereign House

A Grade II Listed Building in City and Hunslet, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7994 / 53°47'57"N

Longitude: -1.5474 / 1°32'50"W

OS Eastings: 429907

OS Northings: 433767

OS Grid: SE299337

Mapcode National: GBR BJK.5T

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.6RDQ

Plus Code: 9C5WQFX3+P2

Entry Name: Sovereign House

Listing Date: 26 September 1963

Last Amended: 11 September 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1256065

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465324

ID on this website: 101256065

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 St George

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description



LEEDS

SE2933NE SOUTH PARADE
714-1/75/359 (North side)
26/09/63 Nos.1 AND 2
Sovereign House
(Formerly Listed as:
SOUTH PARADE
The Bank of England)

GV II

Includes: Nos.24 AND 25 Sovereign House PARK ROW.
Includes: No.123 Sovereign House THE HEADROW.
Bank, now offices, with public house in basement.1862-64. By
PC Hardwick. For the Bank of England. Ringby sandstone ashlar,
slate roof, wrought-iron railings. Late Classical style. 3
storeys over basement and added storey in roof. 3 similar
facades with main entrance on South Parade, rear entrance on
The Headrow and right return to Park Row. Rusticated ground
floor with Greek key-pattern frieze and cornice; upper storeys
have rusticated quoins and pilasters, modillion cornice and
balustraded parapet with vase finials. Central porch with
paired fluted columns supporting entablature with triglyph
frieze and scrolled mask, deep eaves and blocking course.
4-pane sashes throughout, alternate triangular and segmental
pediments to first-floor windows. Right return: a central
3-part window to each floor: fluted columns in antis to ground
floor with scrolls and masks in frieze above.
INTERIOR: not inspected.


Listing NGR: SE2990733767

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