Grand Arcade (Leeds) Explained
The Grand Arcade is a shopping arcade located on New Briggate in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and a Grade II listed building. It was built by New Briggate Arcade Company Ltd in 1897, with Smith & Tweedal as architects, in Renaissance style with Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) details.[1] [2]
The arcade was built on land in Briggate owned by the Lupton family who had also owned land in nearby North Street/Mabgate and Merrion Street since the mid-18th century. Their Briggate land housed buildings including Lupton's Mill and its accompanying dam which were demolished by 1897 to build the arcade.[3] [2] [4]
The arcade originally consisted of two parallel arcades running between Vicar Lane and New Briggate, with a cross passage onto Merrion Street. The northern arcade was converted to the Tower Cinema in 1920 and further converted into a nightclub in 1985. The remaining passage features an animated clock by Potts of Leeds.[1]
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Notes and References
- Book: Wrathmell, Susan . Pevsner Architectural Guides – Leeds. 0-300-10736-6. 2005. Yale University Press. 162-3 .
- Web site: The Arcade Quarters . Leeds Gov. UK . 14 May 2022.
- Book: Sprittles . J. . Links with Bygone Leeds – Volume 52, Issue 115 – . 1969 . Thoresby Society . 40 . 16 May 2022 . On the site of the ground to the north of the old Grammar School stood Lupton's Mill, which was demolished [in 1897] to make room for the Grand Arcade; it was bounded by Lower Merrion Street, on which side was the mill – dam for the feeding of ....
- Book: Morris . R. J. . Men, women and property in England . 2005 . 276 . 9 May 2022 . The [Lupton] estate had originated in the successful mid-18th century estate of David Rider [whose daughter Olive married Arthur Lupton on 17 November, 1773]. [David] held substantial property in the Mabgate area [North Street]....
