18 Park Row, Leeds
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18 Park Row, Leeds
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 18 Jun 2011
"A small visual treat ... in Free Baroque style", wrote Pevsner. Built for the West Riding Union Bank in 1900 to the designs of Oliver & Dodgshun. The ground floor is faced in Swedish granite carved with strapwork, above which is a relief carved by Joseph Thewlis depicting the bank's activities. Above are fluted Corinthian pilasters and smaller relief panels. Grade II listed. The stripy building on the left is this one: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.798839
Longitude
-1.546928