Help, our industrial heritage is falling down!
Temple Works is a one-off. Its construction as a flax mill in 1840 must have made a powerful statement about Leeds’ status as global pioneer of industry. At the time it was said to be the “largest...
View ArticleTemple Works 3.0 Alpha
In December I blogged about the perilous state of Leeds’ Temple Works. Neglected for several years, this Grade I-listed building had suffered a partial collapse, blocking the road outside with...
View ArticleInsert faces here: a 160-year-old placeholder made of stone
There’s something tantalising about unfinished buildings. This one’s not on the scale of Nostell Priory’s west front pediment but was a delight to happen across on a Northumbrian spring day. The small...
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