78 and basement railings, Wellington Street
78 and basement railings, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 2EQ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1255694
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1976
- List Entry Name:
- 78 and basement railings, Wellington Street
- Statutory Address:
- 78 and basement railings, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 2EQ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1255694
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1976
- List Entry Name:
- 78 and basement railings, Wellington Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- 78 and basement railings, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 2EQ
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 78 and basement railings, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 2EQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 29470 33482
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 August 2021 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SE2933
714-1/35/434
LEEDS
WELLINGTON STREET (North side)
No.78 and basement railings
(Formerly listed as Concourse House)
05/08/76
GV
II
Warehouse, now offices, and basement railings. Dated 1903, converted late C20. By George Corson and W Evan Jones with Perkin and Bulmer, associate architects. For Crowe and Co., wholesale warehousemen. Pink terracotta and red brick, probably steel-framed, roof not visible, wrought-iron railings.
Four storeys over basement, nine bays. Central projecting doorway with segmental pediment and moulded plaques with date and 'C & Co' in tympanum. Flat-arched basement windows, moulded elliptical arches to ground floor, moulded sill band and cornice above. second, third and fourth floors have recessed canted bays in moulded surrounds all in terracotta with keyblocks, ornate terracotta relief friezes between storeys. Plain parapet, shaped over outer two bays, central panel with fixings probably for name plaque. Left return: five bays, the left bays single and of two storeys, the roof line ramped up to full height to centre and right bays.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
One of the latest buildings with which George Corson was associated; he died in 1910. The firm of Crowe and Company were wholesale drapery, haberdashery and boot manufacturers and warehousemen by 1907.
(Butler Wilson, T: Two Leeds Architects: Brodrick and Corson: 1937-: 76; Directory of Leeds: 1907-).
Listing NGR: SE2947033482
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 465729
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Butler Wilson, T, Two Architects Cuthbert Brodrick and George Corson, (1937), 76
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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