The Golden Beam, with boundary walls

The Golden Beam pub, formerly part of Leeds Girls’ High School, with associated boundary walls and gateways, was built in 1912 by William Peel Schofield, with an extension in 1932 by the same architect. It is constructed of Portland stone, in an Egyptian/Classical style, with wrought-iron gates. The original two-storey, five-bay block is joined by a slightly recessed, wider two-window addition facing Richmond Road.

The central three bays of the original block project slightly, featuring four giant pilasters with Egyptian-style capitals. A large central doorway is set within a moulded architrave with a cornice and a large stone urn above. Windows have moulded stone architraves and metal frames. A wide cornice with a blocking course and low pediment tops the facade. The addition on the right has a tall panel with a disc motif in a central blind window, a blocking course, and a pediment supported by four brackets.

The right return side has nine bays, with bays one and nine blank. Entrance bays two and eight feature architraves, deep cornices with urns, pilasters mirroring the front, tall ground-floor windows, and square upper-floor windows with circular metal frames. The return also has a cornice and blocking course with pediments above the entrances. The interior was not inspected.

The boundary wall is constructed of dressed gritstone, with Portland stone copings and piers. The piers are approximately 1.5 metres high, with curved walling, four piers to the main entrance, and a wall approximately 30 metres long. The walling is taller along Richmond Road and incorporates an incised Greek key pattern and banded capstones with a disc motif on the front. A single pier and three pairs of gate piers with gates are located on the right return; these include two pedestrian gates and a wider car park entrance. The gates have square panels and scrolled top rails.