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Latitude: 53.7992 / 53°47'57"N
Longitude: -1.584 / 1°35'2"W
OS Eastings: 427494
OS Northings: 433733
OS Grid: SE274337
Mapcode National: GBR B8K.CW
Mapcode Global: WHC9C.MRWV
Plus Code: 9C5WQCX8+M9
Entry Name: Tower Court
Listing Date: 16 August 1990
Last Amended: 11 September 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1256368
English Heritage Legacy ID: 464988
ID on this website: 101256368
Location: Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12
County: Leeds
Electoral Ward/Division: Armley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Leeds
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Armley with New Wortley
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
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LEEDS
SE2733 ARMLEY ROAD
714-1/33/910 (North side)
16/08/90 Tower Court
(Formerly Listed as:
ARMLEY ROAD, Armley
(North side)
Armley Primary School)
II
Board school, now offices. 1878. Possibly by Richard Adams,
architect to the Leeds School Board, 1873-83. Red brick, stone
details to front, slate roof, ashlar blocking course, gable
copings, 2 tall stacks to rear of central clock tower, lower
end stacks and ball finials; ashlar quoins, rusticated to
ground floor.
2 storeys, 13 bays, the outer pedimented entrance bays wider
and slightly projecting, the central entrance bay similar and
having a third storey with clock and cupola. In Italianate
style: 8-panel double doors in Venetian surrounds with carved
stone panels indicating boys', girls' and infants' entrances,
the latter reduced to a window; keyed round arches to ground
floor and clock tower third-floor windows, cross windows to
first floor, oculi to pediments and left and right returns of
clock tower. Extensive use of stone includes plinth, short
attached columns flanking entrances, pilasters between
windows, those to upper floor having Corinthian capitals,
architraves, moulded first-floor and eaves bands, carved
surround to clock face. Left and right returns of 3 bays, the
pilasters in brick.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SE2749433733
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