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Latitude: 53.8183 / 53°49'5"N
Longitude: -1.5653 / 1°33'55"W
OS Eastings: 428717
OS Northings: 435871
OS Grid: SE287358
Mapcode National: GBR BDC.C0
Mapcode Global: WHC9C.X9S4
Plus Code: 9C5WRC9M+8V
Entry Name: Devonshire Hall University of Leeds
Listing Date: 11 September 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375323
English Heritage Legacy ID: 466218
Also known as: Devonshire Hall, University of Leeds
ID on this website: 101375323
Location: Headingley Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6
County: Leeds
Electoral Ward/Division: Headingley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Leeds
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Headingley St Michael
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Hall of residence
LEEDS
SE2835NE CUMBERLAND ROAD, Headingley
714-1/65/736 (West side)
Devonshire Hall, University of Leeds
GV II
Hall of residence for the University of Leeds. 1928. By JC
Proctor and FL Charlton. Snecked stonework to lower walling,
rendered above, slate roofs.
3 storeys with attics and single-storey linking ranges, a
courtyard complex linked to the 2 mid C19 semi-detached houses
on the site (qv) and composed of the main east-facing block 5
bays wide with 9-bay L-shaped wings extending at right angles
and facing onto Cumberland Road.
In C17 'Scottish Baronial' style, the principal features are:
triple-arched main facade with central oriel rising through 2
storeys to a crenellated clock turret; board doors with iron
studs and fittings, carved lintels; 4-centred arches in square
chamfered surrounds surmounted by shield and stepped
hoodmoulds on side wings; gabled projecting staircase bays;
colonnaded ground floor to rear of wings; attic storey with
gabled 3-light dormers.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The University leased the former Wesleyan College on
Headingley Lane, now Mount St Joseph's College (qv), as a
residence 1924-c1930, called Devonshire Hall after the then
Chancellor. As the lease expired the Regent Court Hotel was
initially bought and extended on this site; when the new hall
was completed the name was transferred. The architect also
designed the forecourt to the Leeds Town Hall (qv) and the
Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology, St George's Road (qv).
(Gosden, PHJH & Taylor, AJ: Studies in the History of a
University: Leeds: 1974-: 59, 136).
Listing NGR: SE2871735871
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