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Latitude: 53.8269 / 53°49'36"N
Longitude: -1.594 / 1°35'38"W
OS Eastings: 426818
OS Northings: 436813
OS Grid: SE268368
Mapcode National: GBR B67.7Y
Mapcode Global: WHC9C.H24K
Plus Code: 9C5WRCG4+Q9
Entry Name: Fairfax Hall Leeds Metropolitan University
Listing Date: 11 September 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1256292
English Heritage Legacy ID: 465047
ID on this website: 101256292
Location: Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6
County: Leeds
Electoral Ward/Division: Weetwood
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Leeds
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Far Headingley St Chad
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: University building
LEEDS
SE23NE BECKETT PARK, Beckett Park
714-1/6/514 Fairfax Hall, Leeds Metropolitan
University
GV II
Hall of residence. 1911. By GW Atkinson. Red brick, ashlar
details, slate hipped roof. 3 storeys, 5 unequal bays of
3,5,1,5,3 windows. In Classical 'Wrennaissance' style, one of
7 halls grouped to the S of the main building, James Graham
Hall (qv).
The central and outer bays break forward and have brick and
ashlar rustication and quoins, the banded brick rustication
carried across the ground floor. Central entrance: 3-panel
double doors, fanlight above with Art Nouveau-style tracery,
in round arch with similar style mask to keystone, console
brackets, cornice and balustrade fronting the 1st-floor window
above which, with the 2nd-floor window, is within a stone
panel with eared architraves. Small-pane windows throughout,
set in round-arched recesses. First-floor band, modillion
eaves cornice, pedimented end and centre bays, tall decorated
brick ridge stacks.
INTERIOR: a glazed inner screen with geometric X glazing bars
opens into an inner hall with panelled walls, Classical
surround to fireplace right, round-arched corridors opening
off left and right which have glazed double doors, dado rail,
original panelled doors in moulded casings with overlights. At
each end of the corridors a cantilevered geometric stone
staircase with square-section cast-iron balusters, column
newel, ramped handrail.
Listing NGR: SE2681836813
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