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The Brotherton Library is a 1936 Grade II listed Neoclassical building with some art deco fittings, located on the main campus of the University of Leeds.It was designed by the firm of Lanchester & Lodge, and is named after Edward Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton, who in 1927 donated £100,000 to the university as funding for its first purpose-built library.
Blue Plaques at Leeds University. St George's Field, part of the University of Leeds campus, is the former Woodhouse Cemetery, where is buried Pablo Fanque (William Darby), who was a black circus proprietor for 30 years during the Victorian period. [124] [125] Fanque's wife, Susannah Darby, is also buried at the cemetery. There is a monument ...
The Gothic style Great Hall incorporated the university's main library and cost around £22,000 to build which was raised partly by public appeal. It was originally used as the main University Library until the opening of the Brotherton Library in 1936 and other areas which opened in the same period such as the Parkinson Building. As well as ...
Leeds University Business School is situated on the western campus of the University of Leeds, located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Leeds city centre. The Marks & Spencer company archive is also housed here, containing over 60,000 artefacts and pieces moved there in 2009 from London to Leeds, the birthplace of the company. Further buildings include ...
The Parkinson Building is a grade II listed building [1] in Greek Revival style by Thomas Lodge [2] located at the University of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.The clock tower is the highest point of the building and stands at 57 metres (187 ft) tall, making it the 17th-tallest building in the city of Leeds.
The UTC is sponsored by the University of Leeds and several local employers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The college forms part of an educational hub in the north of Hunslet, with Leeds City College's Printworks Campus using the former Alf Cooke printworks building, Leeds College of Building's Cudbear Street site, [ 3 ] and the Ruth Gorse Academy [ 4 ] all in ...
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Devonshire Hall) is located on Cumberland Road, off Headingley Lane, the main Leeds to Otley road. approximately one mile north from the centre of campus Devonshire Hall comprises the main hall, formerly a Victorian manor house, as well as a number of newer annexes along Cumberland Road. 260 students live in catered residences, while another 300 reside in self-catering rooms.