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Latitude: 53.7967 / 53°47'48"N
Longitude: -1.5478 / 1°32'52"W
OS Eastings: 429883
OS Northings: 433469
OS Grid: SE298334
Mapcode National: GBR BJL.2S
Mapcode Global: WHC9D.6T6R
Plus Code: 9C5WQFW2+MV
Entry Name: Statue of Joseph Priestley
Listing Date: 26 September 1963
Last Amended: 11 September 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375043
English Heritage Legacy ID: 465923
ID on this website: 101375043
Location: Granary Wharf, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1
County: Leeds
Electoral Ward/Division: City and Hunslet
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Leeds
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Leeds St George
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Statue
SE2933SE
714-1/77/107
26/09/63
LEEDS
CITY SQUARE
(North West side)
Statue of Joseph Priestley
(Formerly Listed as:
CITY SQUARE
Statues of Joseph Priestley, Dean
Hook, John Harrison and James Watt)
GV
II
Statue of Joseph Priestley. 1903. By Drury. Polished granite
plinth, bronze plaque with raised lettering: 'JOSEPH/
PRIESTLEY/ 1733-1804'. Statue base has raised lettering: 'THE
GIFT OF/ T. WALTER HARDING 1903'.
Life-size statue of one of the 4 prominent Leeds citizens
commemorated in the City Square layout designed by William
Bakewell for T Walter Harding, 1902. The statues originally
faced out of the square and stood on a balustraded parapet
which also carried elaborate lamp standards.
Listing NGR: SE2988333469
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