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Leeds Minster, also known as the Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds (formerly Leeds Parish Church) is the minster church of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the site of the oldest church in the city and is of architectural and liturgical significance.
The building is a Grade II listed building, the former Leeds Union Workhouse, which opened in 1861 (foundation stone laid 1858) to accommodate 784 paupers. [5] [6] By the end of the 19th century, the buildings had become largely used for medical care of the poor, rather than workhouse and training.
The 'Red House' at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk was founded as a workhouse in 1664. [6] " The workroom at St James's workhouse", from The Microcosm of London (1808). The workhouse system evolved in the 17th century, allowing parishes to reduce the cost to ratepayers of providing poor relief.
John Wormald Appleyard (10 September 1831 – 14 January 1894) (active 1851–1893) was a British sculptor and monumental mason based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.. He was sixteen years old when his apprenticeship as a stone carver was curtailed due to the death of his grandfather who was training him.
Saint Peter's Singers (SPS) is a chamber choir associated with Leeds Minster, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England that celebrated during the Season 2017/2018 the fortieth anniversary of the choir's formation by Harry Fearnley in 1977. An anniversary concert took place at Leeds Minster on Sunday 25 June 2017 with the National Festival Orchestra and ...
Sir George Gilbert Scott RA (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses.
By 1906, Hunslet was home to Leeds’ second largest gas works, the city's main rail goods yards, known at the time as ‘Midland Goods Station’ (now the site of Crown Point Retail Park), as well as a large number of factories, below is a rough inventory of the major industrial premises in Hunslet at the time.
The church's west tower The church is constructed of squared magnesian limestone with a graduated green slate roof. The church has a west tower with a clock on its southern face, a three bay nave with a southern porch and a narrower two-bay chancel with a vestry to its northern side.