Designed by a young Cuthbert Brodrick after winning a competition in 1853, it was Leeds' response to Bradford's 'St George's Hall' as their emblem of civic pride. The colonnaded exterior emphasises its elevated aspirations, while the strong millstone grit and local sandstone firmly roots the building in its native Yorkshire.
Its all there....turn up the contrast - nice.
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