Queens House And Attached Railings

Queens House, built around 1870, is a four-storey office building with a basement located on Wellington Street in Leeds. The building features a rendered exterior and a roof that is not visible. It has three bays, with one, two, and one windows on the first floor. The ground floor is rusticated and includes a central double door in a projecting arched entrance, which has an impost band, cornice, and shallow pediment, along with flanking windows. The upper floors have plain window surrounds with late 20th-century glazing. Carved rosettes are positioned between the first-floor windows, and moulded sill bands clasp rainwater pipes at the outer ends. A moulded frieze at the eaves features lion masks and kneelers, and the parapet has been rebuilt. The interior has not been inspected.

The attached basement railings, dating from around 1900, are designed in an Art Nouveau style, featuring a scrolled seaweed motif instead of traditional rails, supporting a moulded handrail across the basement front and flanking steps. Historically, in 1870, the building was occupied by B Berry, a woollen merchant, and by 1886, it was listed as a wholesale drapery warehouse.