Architectural Details of Leeds A Photographic Reference

Architectural
details of Leeds
A photographic reference by Marcus Macaulay
Architectural
details of Leeds
by Marcus Macaulay
www.architecturaldetailsofleeds.co.uk
Introduction
There is so much wonderful architecture all around us. I have collected in this book just
Copyright © 2016 by Marcus Macaulay a small selection of some of the most striking examples in the city of Leeds.
The technique I used to take the photographs should really highlight the textures,
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
something that I felt was lost in colour. Though, for the image of the Scottish Union
reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by
any means, including photocopying, recording, or other
and National Insurance Company (p44) I couldn’t resist showing an example of the
electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior lovely gold writing around the top the building. If you would like to see the other
written permission of the publisher, except in the case of images in colour they are available online in the digital edition or on my website.
brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain
other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright I find photography rewarding and frustrating in equal measure. To me photography is
law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, art form. The process of collecting these photographs into this book was daunting. It is
addressed “Attention: Permissions Coordinator,” at the
a big statement putting my work out into a very critical world. There are so many wildly
address below.
talented photographers around.
I’m from Leeds as were my parents and grandparents. I have briefly lived in other
cities and have travelled a bit. Leeds is a special place and I’d be happy to never leave
Yorkshire. Gods own country.
I really hope you enjoying looking at these images as much as I enjoyed taking them.
PUBLISHERS
Blackstar Publishers Ltd Thank you

3 Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK LS1 4AF
www.blackstarpublishers.com
Marcus
Contents
6 ATLAS HOUSE
31 King Street
11 QUEBEC HOUSE
formerly Leeds County Liberal Club
9 Quebec Street
15 ASPIRE LEEDS
formerly The Penny Bank
2 Infirmary Street
21 GOODBARD HOUSE
15 Infirmary Street
26 KENNETH HODGSON HOUSE

formerly Abtech House
18 Park Row
30
SCOTTISH UNION AND
NATIONAL INSURANCE
COMPANY
26 Park Row
37 THE OLD POST OFFICE

City Square
41 THE BLACK PRINCE

formerly the Yorkshire Banking Company
40 Boar Lane
45 PEARL LIFE ASSURANCE

159 The Headrow
48 KIRKGATE MARKET
Vicar Lane
53 02 ACADEMY
formerly the Coliseum
55 Cookridge Street
57 CORN EXCHANGE
Call Lane
Leeds Town Hall November 2016 59 AROUND THE CITY

Various locations
THE METROPOLITAN HOTEL
Grade II listed building KING’S STREET, Leeds
“Pro Rege et Lege”

For King and the law
ATLAS HOUSE
Grade II listed building KING STREET, Leeds
By William Perkin and George Bulmer. 1910
Sculpture models by Thewlis and Co.

Details on the ATLAS HOUSE Building
QUEBEC HOUSE
formerly Leeds County
Liberal Club
Grade II listed building QUEBEC STREET, Leeds
By Chorley and Connon. 1890
Details on the QUBEC HOUSE building
Details on the QUBEC HOUSE building
“A photograph gives us
the naked truth, which
has to be clothed by the
imagination.”
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

6 October 1853 – 31 May 1941
Pioneering photographic artist from Leeds

ASPIRE LEEDS
formerly The Penny Bank
Grade II listed building INFIRMARY STREET, Leeds
By G.B.Bulmer. 1894
Details on the YORKSHIRE PENNY BANK building
GOODBARD
HOUSE
Grade II listed building
INFIRMARY STREET, Leeds. 1905

Details on the adjoining building
to Yorkshire Penny Bank
Details on the GOODBARD HOUSE building
“If you don’t control your
life, someone else will.”
John Atkinson Grimshaw

6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893
A remarkable and imaginative painter from Leeds

KENNETH
HODGSON HOUSE
formerly Abtech House
Grade II listed building PARK ROW, Leeds
By Edward J Dodgshun. 1900

Details on the ABTECH HOUSE building
SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL
INSURANCE COMPANY
Grade II listed building PARK ROW, Leeds
By William Perkin and George Bulmer. 1824

Details on the SCOTTISH UNION AND
NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY building
United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division
“Greatness is a zigzag
streak of lightning in
the brain.”
Herbert Henry Asquith

12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928
Prime Minister (1908 to 1916) of the United

Kingdom from Leeds
THE OLD
POST OFFICE
Grade II listed building CITY SQUARE, Leeds
Design by Sir Henry Tanner. 1896

Details on the THE OLD POST OFFICE building
THE BLACK PRINCE
formerly the Yorkshire
Banking Company
Grade II listed building BOAR LANE, Leeds
Design by William Warlow Gwyther. 1899

Details on the YORKSHIRE BANKING COMPANY building
Details on the YORKSHIRE BANKING COMPANY building
“All knowledge is
precious whether or not
it serves the slightest
human use.”
Allan Warren Photography

Alan Bennett
Born 9 May 1934
Playwright, screenwriter, actor and

author from Leeds
PEARL LIFE
ASSURANCE
Grade II listed building THE HEADROW, Leeds
By William Bakewell. 1911

Details on the PEARL LIFE ASSURANCE building
Details on the PEARL LIFE ASSURANCE building
KIRKGATE
MARKET
Grade II listed building VICAR LANE, Leeds
Design by Joseph and John Leeming. 1875

Details on the KIRKGATE MARKET building
02 ACADEMY
formerly the Coliseum
Grade II listed building COOKRIDGE STREET, Leeds
Design by William Bakewell. 1885

Details on the COLISEUM building
Details on the COLISEUM building
“Grab a chance and you
Arthur Ransome Credit From “The Last Englishman”

won’t be sorry for what
might have been.”
Arthur Ransome
18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967
English author and journalist from Leeds

CORN EXCHANGE
Grade II listed building CALL LANE, Leeds
Designed by CUTHBERT BRODRICK, completed 1864

Details on the CORN EXCHANGE building
Around the City
Above, CALVERLEY ST, LEEDS
Left, 134 BRIGGATE, LEEDS

51 BRIGGATE, Leeds
46 PARK PLACE, Leeds Below, 161 BRIGGATE, Leeds
150 BRIGGATE, Leeds 9 DUNCAN STREET, Leeds
LANDS LANE, Leeds
9 EAST PARADE, Leeds 36 WELLINGTON STREET,
MILLENNIUM SQUARE, Leeds
14 SOUTH PARADE
EAST PARADE, Leeds
1 SOUTH PARADE, Leeds 1 AIRE STREET, Leeds
LEEDS BRIDGE, Leeds
12 SOUTH PARADE, Leeds

11
10
12
13
Location map of where the photographs for the book were taken.
14
15
19 18 16
17
20
21
1. LEEDS BRIDGE 17. SCOTTISH UNION AND
2. 161 BRIGGATE NATIONAL INSURANCE
3. 150 BRIGGATE 18. 12 SOUTH PARADE
22 4. 9 DUNCAN STREET 19. 14 SOUTH PARADE
24 9 5. CORN EXCHANGE 20. EAST PARADE
23
6. KIRKGATE MARKET 21. EAST PARADE
6 7. 51 BRIGGATE 22. ATLAS HOUSE

25
8. 134 BRIGGATE 23. 46 PARK PLACE
8 24. GOODBARD HOUSE
28 7 9. LANDS LANE
27 25. ASPIRE LEEDS
10. MILLENNIUM SQUARE
26 26. THE OLD POST OFFICE
11. 02 ACADEMY
29 27. QUEBEC HOUSE
3 12. CALVERLEY ST
4 13. TOWN HALL 28. METROPOLITAN HOTEL
31 5
14. PEARL LIFE ASSURANCE 29. 36 WELLINGTON STREET
30 15. 1 SOUTH PARADE 30. 1 AIRE STREET
16. KENNETH HODGSON 31. THE BLACK PRINCE
2
HOUSE
Map by; http://maps.stamen.com/

1
Architectural
details of Leeds
by Marcus Macaulay
MARCUS
MACAULAY
I am a self taught graphic
designer and photographer from
Leeds. Currently living in Clayton
West, close to my spirtual home
the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
I work from a studio on Briggate

in Leeds city centre. Which along
with myself is available for hire.
www.marcusmacaulay.co.uk
DEDICATION
For my wife Nicky,

children Lucas, Meadow and Ché
Printed book and limited
edition prints now available
online and in selected outlets.
All images copyright © 2016 Marcus Macaulay
All images copyright © 2016 Marcus Macaulay

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26 KENNETH HODGSON HOUSE

37 THE OLD POST OFFICE

41 THE BLACK PRINCE

45 PEARL LIFE ASSURANCE

Leeds Town Hall November 2016 59 AROUND THE CITY

“Pro Rege et Lege”

Sculpture models by Thewlis and Co.

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

Pioneering photographic artist from Leeds

INFIRMARY STREET, Leeds. 1905

John Atkinson Grimshaw

A remarkable and imaginative painter from Leeds

Sculpture models by Thewlis and Co.

Grade II listed building PARK ROW, Leeds

By William Perkin and George Bulmer. 1824

Sculpture models by Thewlis and Co.

Herbert Henry Asquith

Prime Minister (1908 to 1916) of the United

Design by Sir Henry Tanner. 1896

Grade II listed building BOAR LANE, Leeds

Design by William Warlow Gwyther. 1899

Allan Warren Photography

Playwright, screenwriter, actor and

By William Bakewell. 1911

Design by Joseph and John Leeming. 1875

Design by William Bakewell. 1885

Arthur Ransome Credit From “The Last Englishman”

English author and journalist from Leeds

Designed by CUTHBERT BRODRICK, completed 1864

Left, 134 BRIGGATE, LEEDS

12 SOUTH PARADE, Leeds

6 7. 51 BRIGGATE 22. ATLAS HOUSE

Map by; http://maps.stamen.com/

I work from a studio on Briggate

For my wife Nicky,

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