4th White Cloth Hall

The 4th White Cloth Hall was a market for the sale of undyed cloth on King Street in Leeds city centre in England. A blue plaque for the building can be found on the nearby Quebec Street.

Blue plaque

The 4th White Cloth hall was built in 1868 by the North Eastern Railway company to replace the 3rd White Cloth Hall that they had had to partly demolish in 1865 to build the impressive North Eastern Viaduct to access the New Station.[1]

The building did not last long, due to the decline in cloth manufacturing in Yorkshire. It was never fully used, and was demolished in 1895. Today the site is occupied by the Hotel Metropole. Like the 2nd White Cloth Hall only the cupola survives, incorporated onto the hotel roof.[2]

See also

References
  1. Wrathmell, Susan (30 August 2005). Leeds: Pevsner City Guide. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780300107364.
  2. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1375038)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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