Lanier Business Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1976. Former school, offices.
Lanier Business Centre
- WRENN ID
- lesser-storey-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North East MP: Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1976
- Type
- Former school, offices
- Address
- Lanier Business Centre, 376 and 378, Meanwood Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 296 358
- Coordinates
- 53.81812, -1.55051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lanier Business Centre, originally known as the Baptist School, is a former school building now used as offices. It was constructed in 1881 and converted in the late 20th century. The building is made of red brick with moulded and carved terracotta and features a hipped slate roof. It has one storey and a basement.
The front of the building showcases a large moulded brick pediment adorned with terracotta ornamentation in the tympanum, along with a dentilled cornice and frieze that includes a key motif. There are two pairs of moulded brick fluted pilasters flanking a double entrance, which is also framed by pilasters and a moulded architrave. Above the entrance, the words 'BAPTIST SCHOOL' are displayed in moulded brick. A heavy moulded brick dentilled cornice wraps around the entire building. The sides feature five tall round-headed windows with moulded brick architraves. The northeast end bay projects, and on the right return, there is a projecting upper-floor entrance bay on the far right that has cantilevered steps. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Lanier Business Centre receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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