KingElvis
18-09-2010, 04:18 PM
Seeing this open on Heritage Day I thought I would have a look see. Not a hugely popular place to visit becuase most people prefer the town hall or other grand places but this is a building I've always admired :thumb
Completed in 1847, The Roundhouse was designed by Thomas Granger and housed twenty locos which came in on a single track. The building materials and the bricks came from Bramley Falls Quarries, long since gone. In 1873 a twin roundhouse was built with a glass roof, this was demolished in 1967 but it must've been something with twenty engines all under a transparent roof.....dreamy.
By 1889 The Roundhouse was too small for the more larger more modern engines and it was closed. It was then used by Leeds Motor Company until 1908 and then as a drill hall for the Leeds Rifles until 1916, it was then home to Marshalls Engineers. It currently houses Leeds Commercials which moved in in 1970 after Thomas Marshall Engineers moved out.
I must say I like this building, still used for transport and they repair and service some pretty large trucks in here. They are relaxed about letting you look round and all in all it's a great addition to Heritage Day :thumb
The outside
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4442640x480.jpg
Entrance as used by the locos, still has the track in the ground.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4434640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4438640x480.jpg
Love the curved shape of this building
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4435640x480.jpg
Transit heaven.....
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4436640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4439640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4441640x480.jpg
Not much but I hope you enjoy.
Completed in 1847, The Roundhouse was designed by Thomas Granger and housed twenty locos which came in on a single track. The building materials and the bricks came from Bramley Falls Quarries, long since gone. In 1873 a twin roundhouse was built with a glass roof, this was demolished in 1967 but it must've been something with twenty engines all under a transparent roof.....dreamy.
By 1889 The Roundhouse was too small for the more larger more modern engines and it was closed. It was then used by Leeds Motor Company until 1908 and then as a drill hall for the Leeds Rifles until 1916, it was then home to Marshalls Engineers. It currently houses Leeds Commercials which moved in in 1970 after Thomas Marshall Engineers moved out.
I must say I like this building, still used for transport and they repair and service some pretty large trucks in here. They are relaxed about letting you look round and all in all it's a great addition to Heritage Day :thumb
The outside
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4442640x480.jpg
Entrance as used by the locos, still has the track in the ground.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4434640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4438640x480.jpg
Love the curved shape of this building
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4435640x480.jpg
Transit heaven.....
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4436640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4439640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leeds/Leeds%20Roundhouse/DSCF4441640x480.jpg
Not much but I hope you enjoy.