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Interior view. The council chamber in Leeds Civic Hall, used for full Council meetings. The seating, arranged in three tiers and the panelling are of English Walnut. The walls are lined with acoustic tiles to reduce echo and distortion. A walnut frieze has heraldic shields. Under the windows are plaques bearing the names of famous Leeds people Joseph Priestly, Matthew Murray, John Smeaton are included. Public galleries are at each end of the chamber, one can be seen towards the right. Lighting is provided by a suspended circle of bulbs, 99 in all. This method of lighting has been replaced, allegedly because King George V disliked it, when he officially opened the Civic Hall in 1933. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | interior Civic Hall | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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