Statues - Hither & Thither

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Leeds
West Yorkshire
Yorkshire & Humberside

The Headrow 147-157
(Athenaeum House)

Painting, Music, and Poetry

Description

The Athenaeum House, built c. 1890 after designs by William Bakewell for the Athenæum Buildings Company, in Tudor Gothic style has stone statues representing the arts in niches. On the second and third floors was a gallery of fine art.

Painting

Music

Poetry

Sculptor

John Throp (Liverpool 1819 - Leeds 1889), English sculptor (Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

Geograph, Athenaeum House and former Pearl Life Assurance Co., The Headrow, Leeds.
Leeds Mercury - Wednesday 7 January 1880 (British Newspaper Archive).
British Listed Buildings, Athenaeum House.

Locatie (N 53°47'58" - W 1°32'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh117; Photograph: 28 July 2019
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