Former Leeds and Yorkshire Assurance Co., Commercial Street, Leeds
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Former Leeds and Yorkshire Assurance Co., Commercial Street, Leeds
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 19 Jun 2011
Handsome Venetian-style stone-fronted palazzo, the ground floor treated with vermiculated and banded rustication in two colours of stone (Bramley Fall and Pool Bank) surrounding the arched windows, Corinthian columns above and a frieze decorated with festoons. The architect was W. Bruce Gingell, who mostly worked in Bristol. Built 1852-55. Grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.797393
Longitude
-1.54497