Time Ball Buildings, Briggate, Leeds
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Time Ball Buildings, Briggate, Leeds
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 18 Jun 2011
A real idiosyncrasy, the creation of watchmaker, John Dyson, in 1876 (though behind his elaborate stucco are two C17th houses). The listing observes that the, "gilded time ball mechanism was linked to Greenwich and dropped at exactly 1pm each day; this feature, together with the window mechanism, makes Dyson's a rare survival of elaborate Victorian/Edwardian shop innovation and design." Grade II* listed. The ground floor is now an Indian restaurant. It was still Dyson's in the late 1990s. See here for a photo taken in 1979 http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200514_72710818 Thanks to fellow Geographer, Rich Tea, for this information.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.795677
Longitude
-1.542863