ART DECO in Leeds

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Mon 04 Oct, 2010 11:07 pm

RichT wrote: There's also Littlewoods on Briggate & 'M &S'http://news.webshots.com/photo/13337527 ... oOlaQueens Hotel (note the 'rooftop temples')http://news.webshots.com/photo/11381071 ... 9372IFiWJm Trojan wrote: sirjohn wrote: Parkinson building and the civic hall are also "Art Deco", but I think what you're actually referring to is "streamline moderne" which is the deco that looks like ocean liners, rather than new york chrysler building style.I love art deco, and I wish there was more of it in leeds. So do I. New Inn at Gildersome is a good example. 'Ditto'I adore it tooThe New Inn is a good exampleIf we're stretching the boundaries a l-o-n-g way, there's 'The White House' at Ilkley (& a new build next door!!) on the way to Middleton Woods that are both 'Art-Deco'As seen on my 'www''White House'http://travel.webshots.com/photo/109655 ... zNhdLE'New Inn'http://travel.webshots.com/photo/129076 ... vBWThere's the big house on the Ring-Road, just to the west of Wetherby Roadhttp://travel.webshots.com/photo/1331211743047309372sToNWAOut of town, there's 'Chatalaine' at Castlefordhttp://travel.webshots.com/photo/1101105462047309372crhQbThttp://travel.webshots.com/photo/2705980320047309372sKnleAAnd a house at Glasshoughton (on the road to FerryBridge)http://travel.webshots.com/photo/114385 ... 9372rlVosM If we're going as far as Cas then there's a good example at the top of Batley Field Hill. It was up for sale by auction a few years ago and we looked around it. It was faithful to the thirties Art Deco style both inside and out.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Tue 05 Oct, 2010 12:41 am

Thanks everyone,must take more notice of the surroundings.The beauty of art deco to my mind is its simplicity,fairly basic shapes and colours but the end results are tremendous.Tracey Emin and Damien Hurst should look and learn and then getback in that unmade bed together and leave the art world to do what it has done well for donkeys yonks.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Tue 05 Oct, 2010 12:55 am

This little drum here on the ring road is a fine example.http://snipurl.com/19askv

Richard A Thackeray · Tue 05 Oct, 2010 12:51 pm

Brandy wrote: This little drum here on the ring road is a fine example.http://snipurl.com/19askv Beat you it it!!I mentioned it in my posting a few above(I'm sure someone told me it was owned by someone connected with f**tball???)

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Tue 05 Oct, 2010 2:27 pm

RichT wrote: Brandy wrote: This little drum here on the ring road is a fine example.http://snipurl.com/19askv Beat you it it!!I mentioned it in my posting a few above(I'm sure someone told me it was owned by someone connected with f**tball???) A certain Mr Yorath so I understand?!

Si · Post by Si » Tue 05 Oct, 2010 3:09 pm

There's a nice Art Deco shop front at the top of Lowtown in Pudsey - a glass, black and silver sunburst.

Bramley4woods · Post by **Bramley4woods** » Wed 06 Oct, 2010 3:34 am

RichT wrote: Brandy wrote: This little drum here on the ring road is a fine example.http://snipurl.com/19askv Beat you it it!!I mentioned it in my posting a few above(I'm sure someone told me it was owned by someone connected with f**tball???) Anybody any idea why the "Ring Road Bramley" is to be found around the Coal Road - Wetherby Road area more or less as as far from Bramley as you can get on the Ring Rd. ?

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed 06 Oct, 2010 10:34 am

Ring Road Bramley in Roundhay? It's got to be the work of the ghost of John H. who lived that end of Leeds.I occasionally worked with John in the 1950s/60s. We would often walk from one Leeds railway yard to another to our next job. John, one of three railway-employed brothers, although in working clothes had the air of a gentleman. Gently smiling, courtly and polite, drivers were always asking him for direction to particular destinations. "Certainly" he would always reply, and without fail, from wherever he was at the time, would describe in meticulous detail the quickest and most direct route to Castleford ................

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 06 Oct, 2010 4:51 pm

Here's a picture of the art decco house on Batley Field Hill, Batley. It's not in Leeds - but it's onl half a mile from the Morley boundary.

Richard A Thackeray · Thu 07 Oct, 2010 12:47 am

Trojan wrote: Here's a picture of the art decco house on Batley Field Hill, Batley. It's not in Leeds - but it's onl half a mile from the Morley boundary. TrojanThat's gorgeous!!!I must go & have a look at itAs a digression, I was down in Cornwall in early August & saw a new 'Art-Deco'/'British Moderne' house in Marazian, over looking Mounts BayNow, I must say fancied that one - even more than the old toll-house a bit further down the hill!!!http://travel.webshots.com/photo/254590 ... 9372BhoffX (+ next 2 images)