Crispin House
CRISPIN HOUSE, NEW YORK ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375227
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Crispin House
- Statutory Address:
- CRISPIN HOUSE, NEW YORK ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375227
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Crispin House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CRISPIN HOUSE, NEW YORK ROAD
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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:
- CRISPIN HOUSE, NEW YORK 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 30502 33958
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/08/2018
SE 3033 NW; 714-1/76/268
LEEDS,
NEW YORK ROAD (North East side),
Crispin House
GV
II
Former clothing factory, used for manufacturer of orthopaedic
appliance footwear when surveyed. 1914-1916, extension dated 1926. Red
brick, white faience (probably Marmo) dressings, roof not
visible. Corner site with North Street, 4-storeys with
basement, 17 bays with corner bay and three bays to North Street;
addition at E end of five storeys and six bays.
The main corner entrance has glazed double doors and pilasters
with decorated Ionic capitals dividing the bays which are
entirely glazed; clock to second floor, corner crowned with a
dome supported on a low wall with paired windows, dentilled
cornice, metal-clad dome, bud finial. Bays 7 and 17: entrances
with large circular overlights, door and window lintels of
Marmo, moulded string course carried over doorways as
segmental hoods; right entrance bay has pilastered upper
floors and small rectangular and round window.
Large windows to each floor, segmental-arched basement
windows, rectangular to ground and 1st floors, segmental heads
with three 'keystones' on second floor; extending to sills of square
3rd-floor windows, all with metal pivoted frames. Dentilled
cornice, blocking course, parapet with blocking piece over
entrances, geometric metal balustrade.
Rear (to Trafalgar Street): proportions as front, Marmo used
only for keystones and cornice, entrance right. The 1926
extension is in the same style, the right (entrance) bay wider
and with triple windows to upper floors.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the building is described in some detail in
the Yorkshire Post's Tercentenary Supplement, July 1926. It
was built 'on modern fire-proof lines', with a floor-space of
5,000 square yards; basement canteen, cutting, sewing,
pressing rooms, stock and show rooms. Henry and William Heaton
joined a small wholesale clothing business in York Place in
1899; by 1903 the firm had moved to King Street and employed
over 100; in 1907 new premises were bought in Cookridge Street
and the firm was making mantles, coats and ladies' skirts; in
1911 the business moved to North Street and 'Alwetha'
raincoats were made. In 1914 the firm bought this site;
building was held up but the new factory was opened in July
1916, making clothing of various kinds for the Army and Navy.
By 1926 over 700 people were employed, a further 300 in the
extension, and the firm had representatives in seven countries
world-wide. In 1878 John Barran pioneered wholesale clothing
manufacture (St Paul's House, Nos 20 & 22 St Paul's Street
(qv)).
This building represents Leeds' principal connection with the
textile trade by the early C20.
Listing NGR: SE3050233958
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 466109
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Yorkshire Post in Yorkshire Post - July, (1926)
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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