Description

LEEDS

SE2933NE EAST PARADE
714-1/75/160 (West side)
22/09/75 No.9

GV II

Offices. c1870. Ashlar, roof not visible. 3 storeys and
basement, three 2-window bays. Steps up to panelled double
doors with overlight left, segmental arch with carved capitals
to attached columns and pilasters. Arcaded windows to ground
and 1st floors, moulded round arches and carved capitals to
pilaster shafts; entablature over ground floor with carved
frieze of scrolls and bearded heads, carved scrolls and plaque
over 1st-floor windows. Shouldered heads to 2nd-floor windows,
pilaster shafts with carved capitals; heavy modillion cornice
with lion heads to end pilasters, arcaded parapet with urns
and central panel with lettering: 'ESTABLISHED/ 1840',
surmounted by a statue of Britannia and lion.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The earliest Directory entry for offices is 1872 when this
building is the premises of the County Fire and Provident Life
Association, (Chedorlaomer Gardiner, superintendent), a cloth
merchant, a solicitor, and William Wilks who was an architect,
surveyor, licensed valuer and arbitrator.
(Porter's Directory of Leeds: 1872-).

Listing NGR: SE2976333678

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656159

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)