Leeds Town Hall facts for kids
Leeds Town Hall is a large town hall in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. The town hall is on The Headrow, a large street in the city centre. The town hall was designed by Cuthbert Brodrick. Building began in 1853 and was finished in 1858, when it was opened by Queen Victoria. When Leeds Civic Hall opened in 1933, the council moved their offices into the new hall. Today the town hall is mostly used for concerts.
Leeds town hall was the tallest building in Leeds until 1966 when the Park Plaza Hotel was built on City Square.
The town hall and the Great Hall at the University of Leeds are the venues for the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition.
The town hall was one of the favourite buildings of poet, John Betjemin and in 2008 was voted in the top-ten favourite town halls in the United Kingdom (nearby Halifax Town Hall also listed).
Images for kids
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Portland stone lion statue, showing erosion of the soft stone
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Victoria Hall showing the pipe organ and stage
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The demolished Moot Hall, Briggate, was the seat of Leeds Corporation until 1813
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An 1854 watercolour by Cuthbert Brodrick of the planned Town Hall
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Order of procession for the laying of the foundation stone
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Detail of the unique capitals and a relief of the city arms inside the vestibule
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The Queen Victoria Statue being uprooted from Victoria Square where it had stood for over 30 years
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Victoria Arch, Beckett Park, moved here in 1858 to commemorate the Queen's opening of the Town Hall
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The Town Hall during its spring 1972 clean-up
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The former police cells under the Town Hall steps. Since 1993 these have been out of use and a visitor attraction.
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Town Hall roof detail, including colonnaded clock tower, ventilation turrets and part of the laminated wood trussed roof
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Park Lane in 1847; a small park lies on the site of the Town Hall.
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An 1852 map showing Park House, now the site of the Town Hall
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Ground plan of the Town Hall
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