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St Andrews Chambers with Basement Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in City and Hunslet, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7993 / 53°47'57"N

Longitude: -1.5466 / 1°32'47"W

OS Eastings: 429958

OS Northings: 433756

OS Grid: SE299337

Mapcode National: GBR BJK.BV

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.6RRS

Plus Code: 9C5WQFX3+P8

Entry Name: St Andrews Chambers with Basement Railings

Listing Date: 5 August 1974

Last Amended: 11 September 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375420

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466316

ID on this website: 101375420

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: City and Hunslet

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Leeds City

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


LEEDS

SE2933NE PARK ROW 714-1/75/296 (East side) 05/08/74 Nos.21 AND 22 St Andrew's Chambers with basement railings (Formerly Listed as: PARK ROW (East side) Nos.21 AND 22 St Andrew's Chambers)

GV II

Assurance society offices, now bank, and basement railings. 1869. By George Corson. Sandstone ashlar, granite columns, roof not visible, cast-iron railings. 3 storeys and basement, 5 bays. Italianate style. Ground floor: rusticated, projecting porch on left with paired pink Peterhead granite Corinthian columns with Rubislaw granite collars supporting entablature with balustered balcony to 1st-floor window, the dentilled cornice is continued over the ground floor. Elaborately carved door surround with circular fanlight in deep recess and name. Fenestration: frames replaced; tall ground floor and diminishing to 1st and 2nd floors, architraves, heavy segmental pediments with carved tympanum on consoles and carved aprons to 1st floor. Guilloche frieze with projecting lions' heads, heavy modillion eaves cornice and balustraded parapet with urns. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings: elaborate robust design, ball finials. Originally the premises of the Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society; among the occupants of the offices in 1881 were Herman Edward Passavant, merchant and Consular Agent for France, and William H Thorp, architect. (Kelly's Directory of Leeds: 1881-).



Listing NGR: SE2995833756

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