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Queens Hotel, Leeds

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The hotel is not the only part of this construction. The frontage continues west and round a slight bend into Aire Street with the same arrangement of Portland stone front and brick behind. Immediately next to the hotel is the original main entrance to
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concourse, originally also Art Deco inside, but now much modernized. Next is Number 1 Aire Street, a block of offices, originally for the railway. The three buildings each have the crest of the LMS Railway.
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and in 1935 it was decided to demolish the old building and build a grand new one. This was officially opened on 12 November 1937, by the
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The Ruby Slipper Ball and the All Out Together ball are hosted at the hotel supporting older LGBT+ people in West Yorkshire.
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was displayed in the bar of the hotel, alongside the last cigar he smoked and his two
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Scott, Nigel (14 November 2005). "Hotel celebration has a touch of Hollywood".
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Williamson, Howard (23 December 2009). "Leeds: Queens Hotel to get facelift".
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with brick sides and rear. The interior design and Art Deco fittings are by
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Savile's coffin on display at the Queens Hotel in Leeds, 8 November 2011
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Listed buildings in Leeds (City and Hunslet Ward - northern area)
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The first railway hotel on this site was opened in 1863 for the
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City Square, Leeds
W. H. Hamlyn
William Henry Green
City Square
Leeds
West Yorkshire
Art Deco
listed building
Princess Grace of Monaco
Cary Grant
Nelson Mandela
Midland Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Princess Royal
Lord Harewood
W. H. Hamlyn
Portland stone
William Curtis Green
British Transport Hotels
Forte Group
Jimmy Savile
This Is Your Life


Leeds Station

Hotel Main Entrance
Station entrance and offices
Number 1, Aire Street

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