The Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Institute. 4 related planning applications.
The Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Institute
- Address
- The Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology, St Georges Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 294 340
- Coordinates
- 53.8019, -1.55363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology is an institute completed in 1932, designed by John C Procter. It is constructed from grey-brown coarse brick and reinforced concrete, featuring a keyed doorcase made of Portland stone and a flat roof. The building has three storeys, with a projecting central entrance and staircase bay, seven window flanking bays, and a recessed outer one-window bay. The windows are set in full-height dentilled recesses that include panels of herringbone brickwork. The interior has not been inspected. This building is noted as an early example of the use of reinforced concrete and was used for pathology, bacteriology, and cancer research. John C Procter, a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, also designed the lighting for Studio 1 at Broadcasting House in Leeds in 1934.
Local climate
The Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology 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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