1-11, 11A and 13-35, Queen Victoria Street, 104-108 and 110-114, Briggate, 2-12, 14 and 16, Cross Arcade and 53-63, Vicar Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1974. Shops, arcade, offices. 7 related planning applications.
1-11, 11A and 13-35, Queen Victoria Street, 104-108 and 110-114, Briggate, 2-12, 14 and 16, Cross Arcade and 53-63, Vicar Lane
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-clay-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1974
- Type
- Shops, arcade, offices
- OS grid reference
- SE 303 336
- Coordinates
- 53.79794, -1.541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building complex, which includes numbers 1-11, 11A, and 13-35 on Queen Victoria Street, as well as numbers 2-12, 14, and 16 on Cross Arcade, and numbers 104-108 and 110-114 on Briggate, along with numbers 53-63 on Vicar Lane, consists of shops, an arcade, and offices. It was constructed between 1898 and 1902 and has been altered in the 20th century. The complex is part of the County Arcade, designed by Frank Matcham for the Leeds Estates Company. It features pink brick and Burmantofts terracotta, topped with a slate and lead roof.
The building stands three storeys high with attics and has seven bays. It is an island block situated between Briggate and Vicar Lane to the east, Queen Victoria Street to the north, and King Edward Street to the south. An Empire Arcade has been inserted on the site of the former Empire Theatre, which is not included in the listing. The architecture is an elaborate version of the Free style from the 1900s and was undergoing restoration at the time of review.
The ground floor has later 20th-century shop windows, while the first floor features large three-light shop windows and the second floor has sash windows. The Vicar Lane facade includes margin-lights on the first floor and Moorish ogee arches with elaborate architraves on the second floor. Notable architectural details include a dentilled cornice, balustrades, Dutch gables, and corner towers with domed and octagonal roofs. The richly moulded terracotta details showcase strapwork, scrolls, and swags. The north and south facades are designed in a similar style. The interior was not inspected. For historical details, refer to the County Arcade listing.
Local climate
1-11, 11A and 13-35, Queen Victoria Street, 104-108 and 110-114, Briggate, 2-12, 14 and 16, Cross Arcade and 53-63, Vicar Lane receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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