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Description: | June 2006
View of St. Paul's House in Park Square at number 23. The building, on the south side of the square, was designed by Thomas Ambler and built in 1878 for clothing manufacturer, John Barran. The top floor has Moorish influence, with cusped arches and lattice work. There is a minaret on each of the four corners. By the beginning of the 1970s the building had fallen into a state of disrepair and there was talk of demolition. An appeal was successful and St. Paul's House was restored and converted to offices. The terracotta decoration, including the minarets, had suffered damage over the years and so was reproduced in fibreglass as part of the restoration project. St. Paul's House was sold in 1986 to Norwich Union Pension's Management for ?4 million. St. Paul's Place is to the left of the building, with Central House in St. Paul's Street seen in the background. Photograph courtesy of James W. Bell | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Central House St. Paul's Street St. Paul's House St. Paul's Place Park Square | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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