Former Police Station and former Public Library at junction with Hunslet Hall Road is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Police station, public library. 1 related planning application.

Former Police Station and former Public Library at junction with Hunslet Hall Road

WRENN ID
tired-step-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds South MP: Hilary Benn (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Police station, public library
Address
Former Police Station and former Public Library at junction with Hunslet Hall Road, Dewsbury Road, LS11 6XD
OS grid reference
SE 300 317
Coordinates
53.78096, -1.5447
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a former police station and public library, constructed around 1903 and altered in the 20th century. It was designed by Francis Bedford and is located at the junction with Hunslet Hall Road in Beeston Hill, Leeds. The structure is made of red brick with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs. It stands two storeys tall with basements and attics, occupying a corner site with a nine-bay library frontage facing Dewsbury Road and the former police station entrance on the corner.

The design is in a classical style, showcasing panelled double doors at the (blocked) library entrance, framed by an eared architrave. Above this entrance is a cornice and a segmental three-light window, along with a plaque depicting putti leaning on books with swags and the inscription 'PUBLIC LIBRARY' on a scroll. There is a two-light window in a pilastered surround above, flanked by giant order pilasters and an open segmental pediment with an oval scrolled plaque. The building features pediments over the projecting entrance bays at positions one and five, with giant pilasters flanking the corner police station entrance, which has a blocked doorway in an architrave flanked by paired Ionic attached columns. This entrance also includes a covered plaque and a three-light window with Ionic pilasters, a modillion cornice, and a balustraded parapet above. The ground floor has tall rectangular windows and round-arched openings, while the first floor features shorter sash windows and Venetian windows. The Hunslet Hall Road facade has three flat-roofed dormers. At the south end of the building, there is a turret topped with a domed roof and finial, along with ridge stacks.

The interior has not been inspected. Francis Bedford also worked in partnership with Sidney Kitson and passed away in 1903.

Local climate

Former Police Station and former Public Library at junction with Hunslet Hall Road receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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