Surviving chimneys of Leeds

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 10:22 am

Close-up of the same one.

FoxyLady · Post by **FoxyLady** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 10:49 pm

Thanks for the photo of Bramley Baths stevief, I used to live very near to it, it is a lovely building!!

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 11:04 pm

FoxyLady wrote: Thanks for the photo of Bramley Baths stevief, I used to live very near to it, it is a lovely building!! Hi FoxyLady.They're from leodis(yet again!) there's a whole page of 'em-check it out.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 10 Mar, 2008 9:37 pm

I can't believe these two haven't been mentioned yet - Tower Works at HolbeckThats if you can still see them between all the flats they are building down there...

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 6:34 pm

This one is half the size it was last time I saw it.Garnetts paper mill,Otley.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 9:49 pm

raveydavey wrote: I can't believe these two haven't been mentioned yet - Tower Works at HolbeckThats if you can still see them between all the flats they are building down there... These two are listed buildings - The nearest is modelled on 'Giotto's Campanile [Bell tower] in Florence, shown above.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 9:52 pm

Whilst the other is based on the 'Torre Comunale' in Verona.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 10:32 pm

raveydavey wrote: I can't believe these two haven't been mentioned yet - Tower Works at HolbeckThats if you can still see them between all the flats they are building down there... I was at the unveiling of tthe Blue Plaque here a few years ago, which was accompanied by an interesting narrative of the nature of the Towers and their purpose in life by the (then) owner.There's a little bit about them here:http://www.holbeckurbanvillage.co.uk/hi ... rks.htmYes, I suspect your're right about the flats; the powers will be retained of course, but you can't be sure that their new surroundings will show them to their best advantage.Links from that article for those interested, give quite a lot of info about the Urban Village - there's even a piece about Hol Beck - rather abrieviated compared with the offering from Phill & Co though!