Description and History of Site:-

Centaur Factory at western end of Great George St. Clothing factory and offices. Dated 1889. Red brick, ashlar and carved stone details, wrought-iron, slate roof. 6 storeys and attics on a prominent corner site.Purpose-built clothing factory of 1889, occupied by J Campbell and Co., wholesale clothiers, 1890-c1903; Gaunt and Hudson, hat and cap manufacturers and wholesale clothiers, c1905-c1927; Thos Marshall and Co (Marlbeck), costumiers, c1927-c1966. Centaur Clothes Ltd by 1970, part of the Baird Textiles group by 1989 and an administrative headquarters until 1995. Planning applications to convert the ground floor into a gymnasium and the upper four floors into 41 flats was approved in April 1998, making this an early example in Leeds of this kind of conversion.

Further Reading and References:-

A Brief Guide to the Industrial Heritage of West Yorkshire W J Thompson Ed AIA 1989

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Key Words :- Clothing Factory

Viewing the Site :- from public road

Address :- Great George Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3LA
Grid Ref :- SE 29473 33970
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.801202 , Long -1.553993
Local Authority :- Leeds Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1256230,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1889 -
Contributor :- Nick Nelson - 5 May 2015

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