Catherine Mawer - Leeds, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 47.848 W 001° 32.707
30U E 595826 N 5961969
This blue plaque on the wall of the former Leek and Westbourne Building Society commemorates Catherine Mawer, a sculptor whose carvings can be found on this building.
Waymark Code: WM126CD
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/10/2020
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LEEDS
CIVIC
SOCIETY
CATHERINE MAWER
The stone carvings on this building include work by
this master sculptor and astute businesswoman,
who successfully ran the family stoneyard
on Great George Street.
Her work includes the Corinthian capitals and
ornamental roof turrets on Leeds Town Hall.
She also carved the listed Mawer
memorial in Woodhouse.
1803-1877
The building has a number of fine carvings. These include the building society coat of arms above the entrance and a number of carved heads alongside the side wall on Commercial Street.
These days the bottom floor of the building is a Starbucks Coffee house and the upper floors are offices.