[6904] Leeds : Cross Arcade

Cross Arcade, Queen Victoria Street, Leeds, 1898-1904.

By Frank Matcham (1854-1920).

Grade ll* listed.

 

Part of the overall design by Frank Matcham for the rebuilding of part of the oldest district in the city, this being the northern section. The architect was a designer of music halls and theatres. The central dome is thought to have been inspired by the 1865 Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. The most ornate example of a characteristic form of Leeds architecture which developed from the glazing of rear yards in the early 19th century.

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