1st White Cloth Hall

Cloth hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England August 2026 March 2017 thumb|right|The hall in 2022, following reconstruction thumb|right|250px|Kirkgate, the oldest street in Leeds and site (to the right of the image shown, just out of shot) of the derelict 1st White Cloth Hall, in July 2014 thumb|right|250px|First White Cloth Hall during reconstruction, September 2020 The 1st White Cloth Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Kirkgate, in the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.22 April 2011 Leeds First White Cloth Hall: public consulted on revamp BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-13168663 12 November 2014 History Originally named The White Cloth Hall, it was opened in 1711 as a response to the building of a covered cloth hall by the merchants of Wakefield in 1710, built in order to entice traders away from Leeds.Iqbal Aisha Historic Leeds trading hub all set for a new lease of life http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/historic-leeds-trading-hub-all-set-for-a-new-lease-of-life-1-6697701 12 November 2014 Yorkshire Evening Post 27 June 2014 So the cloth hall for the sale of white (undyed) cloth was built on Kirkgate on a site provided by Lord Irvine of Temple Newsam with £1,000 given by merchants and tradesmen. It was 'built upon Pillars and Arches in the form of an Exchange, with a Quadrangular Court within'.First Cloth Hall (465922) http://leedscivictrust.org.uk/uploads/leeds/mainsite/downloads/PDFs/Heritage/HAR%20Sheets/First%20White%20Cloth%20Hall%20REV%20A.pdf Leeds Civic Trust 23 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160325000908/http://leedscivictrust.org.uk/uploads/leeds/mainsite/downloads/PDFs/Heritage/HAR%20Sheets/First%20White%20Cloth%20Hall%20REV%20A.pdf 25 March 2016 dead Present Despite its importance to the industrial heritage of Leeds and to the Industrial Revolution in general, the first White Cloth Hall in Kirkgate has stood growing increasingly derelict for many years surrounded by scaffolding and safety hoardings. The Amusement Arcade in its eastern wing still operates but the rest of the building is getting close to state of collapse and is a health and safety hazard. A series of meetings with the City Council Planning Officers, the building owner Emco, and English Heritage, concluded that the western and southern sections of the building must be demolished. In March 2018, Leeds City Council granted Rushbond Group permission to restore the building. Rushbond Group are local property developers who bought the building over a year earlier.8 March 2018 Leeds' First White Cloth Hall restoration plans approved BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-43334462 30 June 2021 Work started in March 2019.Newton Grace Builders make fascinating archaeological finds on the site of Leeds' oldest street https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/builders-make-fascinating-archaeological-finds-on-the-site-of-leeds-oldest-street-1-10031067 30 June 2021 The Yorkshire Post https://web.archive.org/web/20191209191244/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/builders-make-fascinating-archaeological-finds-on-the-site-of-leeds-oldest-street-1-10031067 9 December 2019 In 2019 Historic England commissioned dendrochronological (tree-ring) analysis on ex situ samples from 19 oak and one conifer timbers from the former west range of First White Cloth Hall. This analysis dated the timber as growing during the years AD 1366–1476, with the trees felled in the summer of AD 1476, with a likelihood that the timbers were part of a specific programme of felling and construction from a single woodland source relatively local to West Yorkshire. This date is earlier than had been expected based on the opening of First White Cloth Hall in the early eighteenth century.https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16378&ru=/Results.aspx?p=1&n=10&rn=52&ry=2019&ns=1 Former West Range, First White Cloth Hall, 100 Kirkgate, Leeds, West Yorkshire: Tree-ring Analysis of ex situ Timbers Arnold Alison Howard Robert 2019 Historic England 2398-3841 52-2019 Tyers Cathy Tyers Ian https://web.archive.org/web/20200901114912/https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16378&ru=%2FResults.aspx%3Fp%3D1&n=10&rn=52&ry=2019&ns=1 1 September 2020 30 July 2021 live See also 2nd White Cloth Hall 3rd White Cloth Hall 4th White Cloth Hall References External links 1375042 53.79548 -1.540446 type:landmark title Category:Listed buildings in Leeds Category:Grade II* listed buildings in West Yorkshire Category:Buildings and structures in Leeds Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1711 Category:1711 establishments in England