Victoria Arch is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Memorial arch.

Victoria Arch

WRENN ID
young-fireplace-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Memorial arch
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LEEDS

SE23NE BECKETT PARK, Beckett Park 714-1/6/524 Victoria Arch 05/08/76

II

Memorial arch in Queen's Wood. Probably 1766, altered 1858. Ashlar and coursed squared tooled gritstone. 4 giant Ionic columns supporting pediment with later glazed tiles in frieze and inscription: TO COMMEMORATE THE/ VISIT OF/ QUEEN VICTORIA/ FOR THE INAUGURATION/ OF THE TOWN HALL/ TO LEEDS SEP 7 1858. Possibly first erected as an eye-catcher when the grounds of Kirkstall Grange were 'reworked' in 1766. (Sheeran, G: Landscape Gardens in West Yorkshire, 1680-1880: 1990-: 72, 155).

Listing NGR: SE2643736665

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