|
Date: |
|
Description: | Undated,
View of Red Hall, believed to be the first red brick building in Leeds. Built in 1628 for Alderman Thomas Metcalfe, the grounds went as far as Albion Place and the garden is now the area of King Charles Croft. During the Civil War 9th February 1646 King Charles the 1st was held in captivity at Red Hall. A legend was John Harrison offering the King a tankard of gold with which to bribe his captors. This is shown in a stained glass window in St John's Church. In the early 1900s the house was being used as offices, in this view it is Newshead and Walker Solicitors. In 1912 by Snowden Schofield, the Kings Chamber which Charles had occupied became a restaurant. The house was demolished in 1961. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Red Hall | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
|
|