Description

LEEDS

SE2934NW UNIVERSITY ROAD, University Campus
714-1/71/1174 (North side)
Agricultural Sciences building,
University of Leeds, and attached
railings

II

University agricultural sciences building with walling, gate
piers and railings to front. 1923. By Paul Waterhouse. Steel
frame, red brick, stone details, slate roof, cast-iron
railings, ashlar gate piers.
2 storeys with basement and attic storeys, 5 bays, the outer
bays break forward slightly; 3:4:1:4:3 windows. Centre bay:
steps with low flanking walls to double board door in Tuscan
surround with entablature and cornice, corner pilasters rise
to a broken pediment at eaves level; pavilion roof with
circular dormer above. Pilasters and pavilion roofs to outer
bays, cornice overall and flat roofed dormers to attic storey;
added glazed range above. Fenestration: full, height
small-paned windows with pivoted opening lights throughout,
raised panels between ground and 1st floors.
INTERIOR: the entrance lobby and stair hall are lined out with
bright green tiles; staircase with geometric balustrade and
ramped wooden handrail.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings: X-motif to rails on the ridge
cresting and front wall which is approx 50m long. Pair of gate
piers to left: square section, approx 2.5m tall, cornice and
shallow pyramid caps.
HISTORICAL NOTE: in 1913 the Board of Agriculture agreed to
match a donation of »10,000 from Walter Morrison for a new
Agriculture building; In 1915 a moratorium was placed on the
Ministry expenditure and after WWI the cost had almost
doubled. By 1922 plans were agreed for this building and the
site moved from Woodhouse Lane to University Road. (MW
Beresford, in Gosden and Taylor 1975, p.157)
(Studies in the History of a University: 1975-: 157).

Listing NGR: SE2923734706

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• School of Geography at Wikipedia
• School of Geography official website
• Wikidata Q7432461

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)