British Library Temple Works Building, South Bank Leeds Development, CEG Property News
British Library Temple Works Building, Leeds
14 July 2021
Location: Temple District, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Major step closer to British Library site at Temple Works in Leeds

photo © Harry Archer
British Library Temple Works Building, South Bank Leeds
The British Library?s ambitions for a major new public-facing centre for audiences and users in the north of England will take a significant step forward next week when senior councillors in Leeds are asked to back plans to inject up to £5m of funding into the project.
The funding would be used to protect and stabilise Temple Works, a Grade I listed building in Leeds?s South Bank area that the British Library is looking to develop in partnership with Leeds City Council and developer CEG. The stabilisation work is urgently needed both to protect the iconic building, which is on Historic England?s Heritage at Risk Register, and to enable detailed investigatory work to assess the viability of transforming it into a new home for the British Library in Leeds.
A meeting of the council?s executive board taking place next Wednesday, July 21, will discuss plans for the necessary funding to be drawn down from the £25m committed by the Government to support the British Library project as part of the West Yorkshire devolution deal.
A report from council officers to members recommending the step says the British Library centre represents...