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Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 1:42 am
by pablo leeds
can anyone tell me what the building is to the left of this picture please:
http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?reso ... 9_68378848
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 1:48 am
by Phill_dvsn
Here's another view to give a better sense of perspective where it was in relation to City square. I think you will find it was the original Queens Hotel (the first one built in 1863)
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 2:02 am
by Phill_dvsn
Here's the 1908 map, and it's the first map to show City Square as we know it.
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 2:08 am
by Phill_dvsn
This photo shows your building nicely.This photo was taken on the 14th April 1897, It shows the construction of City Square. Leeds was given the status of City by Queen Victoria in 1893, it was then decided to build the square. City Square was officially opened on 16th September 1903.In the back ground of this view is the original Queens Hotel, designed by William Belton Perkin for the Midland Railway, it opened in 1863. Extensions were added in 1867 and 1898. It was replaced by the present building which opened in 1936. Bishopgate Street is on the left and the entrance to the station on the right.
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 2:13 am
by pablo leeds
ah thanks phill. the map seems to show the queens hotel at the wrong angle stretching down bishopgate , instread of across wellington street
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 2:15 am
by Phill_dvsn
pablo leeds wrote: ah thanks phill. the map seems to show the queens hotel at the wrong angle stretching down bishopgate , instread of across wellington street I think if you study the above photos it will all fall into place. The old Leeds before our time can be often confusing to work out.
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 2:18 am
by pablo leeds
very true. do you think the naked lady statues are the exact same ones or replicas as they seem to have been mounted on some brickwork and higher off the ground ?
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 11:08 am
by jim
All the statues in City Square except the Black Prince were moved during the alterations to the area and its road system, and replaced in a different layout. This has led to the apparent difference in the appearance of the ladies in question. I can't remember the date of the alterations, but would guess sometime in the 1970s
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 1:33 pm
by pablo leeds
ah ok but they are the exact same statues just mounted differently
Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2012 1:50 pm
by Tasa
pablo leeds wrote: ah ok but they are the exact same statues just mounted differently Yes, the statues are original, but the torches are not (they originally held lamps). They are Grade II listed, and these links will take you to a page which explains that they were moved from their original position:"Even" statues:
http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/res ... 55575"Morn" statues:
http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/res ... id=1375012