Former Holbeck Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Public library. 2 related planning applications.

Former Holbeck Public Library

WRENN ID
north-solder-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Country
England
Type
Public library
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LEEDS

SE2932 NINEVEH ROAD, Holbeck 714-1/42/850 (North side) Former Holbeck Public Library

II

Formerly known as: Cambrian Public House NINEVEH ROAD Holbeck. Public library, later health centre and public house. 1901. By William Bakewell. Red brick faced in salt-glazed Burmantofts terracotta, grey slate roof. A corner site on sloping ground, 2 storeys over basement, central tower with octagonal hipped roof. Complicated fenestration includes mullion windows to Nineveh Road frontage flanked by wings with transoms, round-arched windows flanking entrance porch with segmental pediment on consoles, a large 4-light canted bay on corner flanked by turret-like bays, all with small-pane frames. Banded and moulded wall decoration includes Leeds coat of arms over entrance, Art Nouveau plaques and scrolls, balustraded parapet. INTERIOR: not inspected. William Bakewell designed several important buildings in Leeds, including the 1899 extensions to the Tower Works, Globe Road (qv). The Cambrian public house closed 1990.

Listing NGR: SE2954232387

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