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The '''Grand Arcade''' is a shopping arcade located on [[Briggate, Leeds|New Briggate]] in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]], and a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE| num =1375223| desc=Grand Arcade, Leeds|accessdate = 14 January 2019}}</ref> It was built by ''New Briggate Arcade Company Ltd'' in 1897, with ''Smith & Tweedal'' as architects, in [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] style with [[Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style)]] details.<ref name=NHLE/><ref name=Wrathmell>{{cite book|title=Pevsner Architectural Guides - Leeds|author=Susan Wrathmell|isbn=0-300-10736-6|year=2005|publisher=Yale University Press|page=162-3 }}</ref><ref name=AQ>{{cite web |title=The Arcade Quarters |url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Grand%20Quarter%20Conservation%20Area%20Appraisal%20and%20Management%20Plan.pdf |publisher=Leeds Gov. UK |access-date=14 May 2022}}</ref> |
The '''Grand Arcade''' is a shopping arcade located on [[Briggate, Leeds|New Briggate]] in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]], and a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE| num =1375223| desc=Grand Arcade, Leeds|accessdate = 14 January 2019}}</ref> It was built by ''New Briggate Arcade Company Ltd'' in 1897, with ''Smith & Tweedal'' as architects, in [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] style with [[Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style)]] details.<ref name=NHLE/><ref name=Wrathmell>{{cite book|title=Pevsner Architectural Guides - Leeds|author=Susan Wrathmell|isbn=0-300-10736-6|year=2005|publisher=Yale University Press|page=162-3 }}</ref><ref name=AQ>{{cite web |title=The Arcade Quarters |url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Grand%20Quarter%20Conservation%20Area%20Appraisal%20and%20Management%20Plan.pdf |publisher=Leeds Gov. UK |access-date=14 May 2022}}</ref> |
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The arcade was built on land in [[Briggate]] owned by the [[Lupton family]] who had also owned land in nearby North Street/[[Mabgate]] and [[Merrion Centre, Leeds|Merrion Street]] since the mid-18th century. Their Briggate land housed buildings including Lupton's Mill and its accompanying [[dam]] which were demolished by 1897 to build the arcade.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sprittles |first1=J. |title=Links with Bygone Leeds - Volume 52, Issue 115 - |date=1969 |publisher=Thoresby Society |page=40 |url=https:// |
The arcade was built on land in [[Briggate]] owned by the [[Lupton family]] who had also owned land in nearby North Street/[[Mabgate]] and [[Merrion Centre, Leeds|Merrion Street]] since the mid-18th century. Their Briggate land housed buildings including Lupton's Mill and its accompanying [[dam]] which were demolished by 1897 to build the arcade.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sprittles |first1=J. |title=Links with Bygone Leeds - Volume 52, Issue 115 - |date=1969 |publisher=Thoresby Society |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R85AAAAAYAAJ&q=grand+arcade+leeds++Lupton |access-date=16 May 2022 |quote=On the site of the ground to the north of the old Grammar School stood Lupton's Mill, which was demolished [in 1897] to make room for the Grand Arcade ; it was bounded by Lower Merrion Street , on which side was the mill - dam for the feeding of ...}}</ref><ref name=AQ/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=R.J. |title=Men, women and property in England |date=2005 |page=276 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIlqv6UUAicC&dq=Lupton+++merrion+street&pg=PA320 |access-date=9 May 2022 |quote=The [Lupton] estate had originated in the successful mid-18th century estate of David Rider [whose daughter Olive married Arthur Lupton on 17 November, 1773]. [David] held substantial property in the Mabgate area [North Street]...}}</ref> |
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The arcade originally consisted of two parallel arcades running between Vicar Lane and New Briggate, with a cross passage onto Merrion Street. The northern arcade was converted to the Tower Cinema in 1920 and further converted into a nightclub in 1985.<ref name=NHLE/> The remaining passage features an animated clock by [[Potts of Leeds]].<ref name=Wrathmell/> |
The arcade originally consisted of two parallel arcades running between Vicar Lane and New Briggate, with a cross passage onto Merrion Street. The northern arcade was converted to the Tower Cinema in 1920 and further converted into a nightclub in 1985.<ref name=NHLE/> The remaining passage features an animated clock by [[Potts of Leeds]].<ref name=Wrathmell/> |
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Revision as of 00:12, 21 March 2023
The Grand Arcade is a shopping arcade located on New Briggate in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and a Grade II listed building.[1] It was built by New Briggate Arcade Company Ltd in 1897, with Smith & Tweedal as architects, in Renaissance style with Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) details.[1][2][3]
The arcade was built on land in Briggate owned by the Lupton family who had also owned land in nearby North Street/Mabgate and Merrion Street since the mid-18th century. Their Briggate land housed buildings including Lupton's Mill and its accompanying dam which were demolished by 1897 to build the arcade.[4][3][5]
The arcade originally consisted of two parallel arcades running between Vicar Lane and New Briggate, with a cross passage onto Merrion Street. The northern arcade was converted to the Tower Cinema in 1920 and further converted into a nightclub in 1985.[1] The remaining passage features an animated clock by Potts of Leeds.[2]
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New Briggate frontage -
Exterior on Vicar Lane -
Potts clock
See also
References
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- ^ a b c Historic England. "Grand Arcade, Leeds (1375223)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ a b Susan Wrathmell (2005). Pevsner Architectural Guides - Leeds. Yale University Press. p. 162-3. ISBN 0-300-10736-6.
- ^ a b "The Arcade Quarters" (PDF). Leeds Gov. UK. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Sprittles, J. (1969). Links with Bygone Leeds - Volume 52, Issue 115 -. Thoresby Society. p. 40. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
On the site of the ground to the north of the old Grammar School stood Lupton's Mill, which was demolished [in 1897] to make room for the Grand Arcade ; it was bounded by Lower Merrion Street , on which side was the mill - dam for the feeding of ...
- ^ Morris, R.J. (2005). Men, women and property in England. p. 276. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
The [Lupton] estate had originated in the successful mid-18th century estate of David Rider [whose daughter Olive married Arthur Lupton on 17 November, 1773]. [David] held substantial property in the Mabgate area [North Street]...