1863 - Hepper House - Leeds, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 47.959 W 001° 32.946
30U E 595559 N 5962170
This date stone is above the entrance of Hepper House, auction rooms built for John Hepper and Sons in 1863.
Waymark Code: WMVCB4
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/31/2017
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There is a blue plaque on the building which has details of its history.
LEEDS CIVIC TRUST
HEPPER HOUSE
Was built in 1863 as auction rooms and
offices for John Hepper & Sons, the
premier auctioneers and estate agents in
19th and 20yth century Leeds. Its architect
George Corson, lavished its frontage
and vestibule with an eclectic mix
of Romanesque and Byzantine,
French and English
Gothic styles.
The building is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Auction house offices and sale room. Dated 1863, alterations c1911. By George Corson. For Hepper and Sons, auctioneers. Harehills sandstone, granite and marble details, wrought-iron, slate roof. Gothic Revival style. 2 storeys and basement, 3 gabled bays. Pointed arch to shallow entrance porch left has paired attached polished granite columns, fine gates of strapwork with flower and spiral motifs. Two 3-centred-arch windows right have attached granite shafts with carved capitals. 1st floor: large arcaded windows have marble pilaster shafts and carved impost."
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In 2016 the building was converted to a Spanish Tapas restaurant called Iberica.
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