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Holbeck Mills Carpet Warehouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Beeston and Holbeck, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.786 / 53°47'9"N

Longitude: -1.5617 / 1°33'42"W

OS Eastings: 428975

OS Northings: 432276

OS Grid: SE289322

Mapcode National: GBR BFQ.4L

Mapcode Global: WHC9K.Z3HD

Plus Code: 9C5WQCPQ+C8

Entry Name: Holbeck Mills Carpet Warehouse

Listing Date: 30 April 1982

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375352

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466248

ID on this website: 101375352

Location: Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Beeston and Holbeck

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Holbeck

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Summary


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 May 2024 to amend the architect's name and to reformat the text to current standards

SE2932
714-1/42/833

LEEDS
Holbeck
DOMESTIC STREET (south west side)
Holbeck Mills Carpet Warehouse

30/04/82

II

United Methodist Free Church, now carpet warehouse. c1880, altered C20. To designs by Thomas Ambler of Leeds. Baroque Revival style. Ashlar front and brick sides, stone dressed, with former Sunday School cross wing at rear. The grand front with a deep plinth is dominated by a giant Corinthian columned bowed portico, the full entablature surmounted by a balustrade with urn finials on the dies, is returned over narrow flanking bays and then broken forward over giant Corinthian quoin pilastered corner towers. Pedimented gable set back behind portico. Half of the circular domed entrance vestibule breaks out into the portico abutting the columns with pedimented doorways following curve. Rosette plaques and squat pilastered windows to recessed first floor. The narrow flanking bays have cartouches and round-headed lights. Eared architrave, round-arched windows to towers, pediments on consoles to ground floor. The console bracketed eaves cornice studded with lion heads is returned along brick sides. Recessed round-arched window bay. Vermiculated plinth.

INTERIOR: virtually intact apart from removal of pews. The vestibule projecting into the portico has a compartmented dome internally lofty interior to chapel proper with deep cove to compartmented ceiling, rich plasterwork, large pendant decorative 'trumpet' vents to each compartment. Ornate acanthus and drop finialed frame with square panel containing rose to ceiling of organ loft apse. Curved ended all round gallery, vast seating capacity, on cast-iron columns with foliate capitals. The deep end of gallery above entrance has screen of similar ornate cast-iron columns supporting corbelled coved ceiling at higher level. Little altered in spite of change of use.

Listing NGR: SE2897532276

Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 May 2024 to amend the architect's name and to reformat the text to current standards

SE2932
714-1/42/833

LEEDS
Holbeck
DOMESTIC STREET (south west side)
Holbeck Mills Carpet Warehouse

30/04/82

II

United Methodist Free Church, now carpet warehouse. c1880, altered C20. To designs by Thomas Ambler of Leeds. Baroque Revival style. Ashlar front and brick sides, stone dressed, with former Sunday School cross wing at rear. The grand front with a deep plinth is dominated by a giant Corinthian columned bowed portico, the full entablature surmounted by a balustrade with urn finials on the dies, is returned over narrow flanking bays and then broken forward over giant Corinthian quoin pilastered corner towers. Pedimented gable set back behind portico. Half of the circular domed entrance vestibule breaks out into the portico abutting the columns with pedimented doorways following curve. Rosette plaques and squat pilastered windows to recessed first floor. The narrow flanking bays have cartouches and round-headed lights. Eared architrave, round-arched windows to towers, pediments on consoles to ground floor. The console bracketed eaves cornice studded with lion heads is returned along brick sides. Recessed round-arched window bay. Vermiculated plinth.

INTERIOR: virtually intact apart from removal of pews. The vestibule projecting into the portico has a compartmented dome internally lofty interior to chapel proper with deep cove to compartmented ceiling, rich plasterwork, large pendant decorative 'trumpet' vents to each compartment. Ornate acanthus and drop finialed frame with square panel containing rose to ceiling of organ loft apse. Curved ended all round gallery, vast seating capacity, on cast-iron columns with foliate capitals. The deep end of gallery above entrance has screen of similar ornate cast-iron columns supporting corbelled coved ceiling at higher level. Little altered in spite of change of use.

Listing NGR: SE2897532276

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