The Algernon Firth Institute Of Pathology is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Institute. 3 related planning applications.

The Algernon Firth Institute Of Pathology

WRENN ID: tall-jamb-flax
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Leeds
Country: England
Type: Institute
Source: Historic England listing

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28/02/2012

714-1/74/373 SE2934SE

LEEDS ST GEORGE'S ROAD (West side) The Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology

GV II

Institute of pathology. Completed 1932. By John C Procter. Grey-brown coarse brick, structure of reinforced concrete, keyed doorcase of Portland stone, flat roof. 3 storeys, projecting central entrance and staircase bay, 7-window flanking bays and a recessed outer 1-window bay. The windows set in full-height dentilled recesses with panels of herringbone brickwork. INTERIOR: not inspected. Referred to as an early example of the use of reinforced concrete. The building housed pathology, bacteriology and cancer research. John C Procter, FRIBA, of No.40 Clarendon Road (qv), also designed the lighting for Studio 1 at Broadcasting House, Leeds, 1934. (Gosden, PH & Taylor, AJ: Studies in the History of a University, 1874-1974: Leeds: 1974-: 136; Architectural Review Index, Jan-June 1934).

Listing NGR: SE2949734046

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