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Latitude: 53.8256 / 53°49'32"N
Longitude: -1.5998 / 1°35'59"W
OS Eastings: 426437
OS Northings: 436665
OS Grid: SE264366
Mapcode National: GBR B48.ZF
Mapcode Global: WHC9C.D3DK
Plus Code: 9C5WRCG2+63
Entry Name: Victoria Arch
Listing Date: 5 August 1976
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1256307
English Heritage Legacy ID: 465062
Also known as: Victoria Arch, Beckett Park
ID on this website: 101256307
Location: Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6
County: Leeds
Electoral Ward/Division: Kirkstall
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Leeds
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Kirkstall St Stephen
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Triumphal arch
LEEDS
SE23NE BECKETT PARK, Beckett Park
714-1/6/524 Victoria Arch
05/08/76
II
Memorial arch in Queen's Wood. Probably 1766, altered 1858.
Ashlar and coursed squared tooled gritstone. 4 giant Ionic
columns supporting pediment with later glazed tiles in frieze
and inscription: TO COMMEMORATE THE/ VISIT OF/ QUEEN VICTORIA/
FOR THE INAUGURATION/ OF THE TOWN HALL/ TO LEEDS SEP 7 1858.
Possibly first erected as an eye-catcher when the grounds of
Kirkstall Grange were 'reworked' in 1766.
(Sheeran, G: Landscape Gardens in West Yorkshire, 1680-1880:
1990-: 72, 155).
Listing NGR: SE2643736665
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