Leeds is a city with a rich commercial tradition and fine buildings
to match. Its prosperity, founded on the wool trade, is reflected
in the seventeenth-century church of St John, with its magnificent
Jacobean woodcarving and furnishings, while the town's
eighteenth-century expansion produced elegant Georgian parades and
squares with homes for wealthy merchants. They now stand
cheek-by-jowl with solid, proud warehouses and offices of the
railway age in a wonderful variety of styles ranging from elegant
neo-Grecian to Gothic, Moorish and Egyptian. Hall, testament to the
talent of Cuthbert Brodrick, whose Corn Exchange and Mechanic's
Institute make powerful use of dark and gritty local sandstone.
Along the banks and wharfs of the River Aire and the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal, now being revived for twenty-first-century living,
are unique and nationally important industrial survivals including
the inspired Egyptian-style Temple Mills and the unforgettable
campanile of Tower Works. The twentieth century gave the city its
outstanding university campus and recent regeneration has led to a
revival of the city's public spaces and famously ornate and opulent
Edwardian shopping arcades and markets. In the suburbs and beyond
lie comfortable mansions and major Victorian churches while
survivors of a different past can be found in the parish church of
Adel, one of the most complete Norman churches in Yorkshire, the
romantic ruins of Kirkstall Abbey and the mighty C17 mansion at
Temple Newsam.
General
Imprint: |
Yale University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides |
Release date: |
August 2005 |
First published: |
August 2005 |
Authors: |
Susan Wrathmell
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Dimensions: |
203 x 121 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
320 |
Edition: |
First |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-10736-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
|
LSN: |
0-300-10736-6 |
Barcode: |
9780300107364 |
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