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23 and 25, Great George Street

A Grade II Listed Building in City and Hunslet, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8007 / 53°48'2"N

Longitude: -1.548 / 1°32'52"W

OS Eastings: 429867

OS Northings: 433912

OS Grid: SE298339

Mapcode National: GBR BJK.1C

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.6Q3Q

Plus Code: 9C5WRF22+7Q

Entry Name: 23 and 25, Great George Street

Listing Date: 7 August 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1256258

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465108

ID on this website: 101256258

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: City and Hunslet

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Leeds St George

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description



LEEDS

SE2933NE GREAT GEORGE STREET
714-1/75/183 (South side)
07/08/86 Nos.23 AND 25

GV II

Offices and warehouses. 1848/49. For Schunk, Souchay and Co.,
international stuff and yarn merchants. Orange-pink brick in
Flemish bond to front, dark red brick in English Garden Wall
bond to rear; ashlar dressings; slate roof.
4 storeys with basement, 12 bays with rear wings forming
U-shaped plan. Rusticated ashlar basement; 1st- and 2nd-floor
sill bands; shallow cornice with foliage-decorated end
consoles and plain parapet replacing former bracketed cornice.
Basement windows protected by iron railings (removed from bay
4); 3 windows blocked and 2 with wooden slats. On ground floor
outer bays have doorways, the architrave with dentilled
console cornices and blocking courses, each has a step up, on
left to 4-panel double door under 8-pane overlight, on right
to doorway with lower part blocked and window in upper part.
Windows are 16-pane sashes under cambered gauged brick arches
with stone sills; on 4th floor, bay 10 and 11 windows have
raised lintels replacing arches and bay 1-5 sashes have been
replaced by C20 central-pivoted windows.
Rear retains many 16-pane sashes. Windows have cambered gauged
brick arches and stone sills. Main range has a ground-floor
doorway up flight of steps with wide inserted opening on its
right. In left return of right wing the 3rd bay has wide,
segmental-arched loading doorways, now infilled. Paired
modillion gutter brackets. Left wing has later extension, not
of special interest.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE2986733912

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