Globe Iron Foundry Fitting Up Shop
GLOBE IRON FOUNDRY FITTING UP SHOP, GLOBE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1256244
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Globe Iron Foundry Fitting Up Shop
- Statutory Address:
- GLOBE IRON FOUNDRY FITTING UP SHOP, GLOBE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1256244
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Globe Iron Foundry Fitting Up Shop
- Statutory Address 1:
- GLOBE IRON FOUNDRY FITTING UP SHOP, GLOBE ROAD
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.
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:
- GLOBE IRON FOUNDRY FITTING UP SHOP, GLOBE ROAD
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 29503 33048
Details
LEEDS
SE2933 GLOBE ROAD, Holbeck 714-1/35/842 (North side (off)) No.12 Globe Iron Foundry fitting up shop
GV II
Fitting-up shop, now workshops. c1844, altered C20. White-painted brick, English bond 1:3 and 1:5, C20 tile roof of 3 parallel narrow gabled ranges, paired eaves brackets. 4 storeys, 5 first-floor windows to Globe Road frontage: segmental arches, C20 frames, stone sills, the top storey windows almost square. Ground floor: 2 wide entrances centre and left, one blocked, steps up to narrow door with overlight far right, 5-light window with slender glazing bars to its left. Rear, canal facade: blocked door (formerly window) flanked by narrow windows left; far right: round-arched opening with C20 window frame, one window above and top-floor window blocked. INTERIOR: not seen in detail: front entrance is into staircase lobby, a straight flight with bulbous turned balusters rises to first floor. The Globe Iron Foundry was established on this site in 1844, and gave its name to the newly established road; this building housed the fitting-up shop and probably the engine house as the openings rear right suggest. (Victorian Society Walks No.6: Douglas J, Hammond C & Powell K: Three Suburban Walks: 1987-: 8; Ordnance Survey: Map of Leeds surveyed 1847: 1850-).
Listing NGR: SE2950333048
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 465093
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Douglas, J, Hammond, C, Powell, K, Victorian Society Walks in Leeds Three Suburban Walks, (1987)
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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