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Description: | c1900.
View of an old yard off the west side of Briggate where the Leopard Hotel was once sited. The photographer is standing with his back to the hotel looking towards the arched entrance to Wheat Sheaf Yard. A painted sign on the wall reads 'The Leopard Hotel, Needham'. Steep external staircases, left and right, lead to premises on the first floor. The building in the background is in a state of disrepair with broken window panes and crumbling brickwork. It was shortly to be demolished (1903) to make way for the new Albion Place. Albion Place was the first major road to be built giving access through the west side of Briggate between Commercial Street and the Headrow; the only way through prior to that was via the inn yards. There appears to be a Knights Templar Cross to the left of the hotel sign on the upper wall. Several people are visible including some young men, a woman seated at the bottom of the steps, and a mustached man holding a toddler. The Wheat Sheaf Hotel was off camera to the right. This view is looking from the direction of Briggate. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Briggate Albion Place Leopard Hotel | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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