Carlton Hill Friends Meeting House - Leeds, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 48.330 W 001° 32.916
30U E 595578 N 5962858
This blue plaque tells the history of a building erected as Quaker Meeting House.
Waymark Code: WM126AW
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/09/2020
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LEEDS
CIVIC
SOCIETY
CARLTON HILL
FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE
Erected in 1868 was the principle Quaker Meeting
House in Leeds. In 1921 it became Albrecht &
Albrecht's clothing factory, the Quaker meetings
removing to the schoolroom blook to the rear,
where worship continued until 1979. From
1933 to 2014 it was the BBC Studios.
Architect Edward Birchall
Currently the building is owned by Leeds University. It is called Old Broadcasting House and used by the New Technology Institute for coworking space and specialist digital training facilities. Leeds university has erected a number of new buildings around it known collectively as Broadcasting Place. These buildings house student accommodation and the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities.