Former Parochial Institute

The Former Parochial Institute is a building located on Bennett Road in Headingley, Leeds. Constructed between 1883 and 1884 by architect George Corson, it originally served as meeting rooms for St Michael's parish church and has since been converted for use as offices in the 20th century. The building is designed in the Gothic Revival style and is made of coursed squared sandstone with freestone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. It has a T-shaped plan with a gable end facing the street and a rear wing.

The façade features two gables, with the smaller left gable projecting forward and containing the entrance. The entrance is adorned with a short column and two half-columns, which have capitals decorated with naturalistic foliage. Above the columns are sculpted panels depicting St Michael and the dragon on the front and the Royal Arms on the side. To the left of the entrance, there is a paired lancet window and a quatrefoil in the gable. The right gable has a buttress flanking the central door, which is flanked by sidelights and has a mullioned window above. The flanking windows consist of three-light mullion and transom designs. A large traceried Gothic window is located above, with a small lancet window in the gable. A diagonal buttress is present at the corner. The side elevations and rear wing feature two- and three-light mullion and transom windows.

Inside, the meeting hall is located above the rooms and offices, featuring four windows on either side. The hall has a ribbed wooden ceiling with 18 bays, including a central tunnel vault supported by five uniquely decorated semicircular wrought-iron trusses. The roof is close boarded. There is a concrete stair with a wrought-iron twist balustrade, and the main downstairs room, which is partitioned, has a low relief panelled ceiling.