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| A public meeting has been organised to help save one of West Yorkshire's finest and most important surviving medieval buildings. | A public meeting has been organised to help save one of West Yorkshire's finest and most important surviving medieval buildings. |
| Stanks Hall Barn in Leeds is a scheduled Ancient Monument. It's said to date from 1420 with a phase of rebuilding in 1492, that historic date when 'Columbus sailed the ocean blue'. Locals proudly claim that some of the timber used was left over from the construction of the Santa Maria, Niña and Pinta ships which took the great man across the Atlantic to America. | Stanks Hall Barn in Leeds is a scheduled Ancient Monument. It's said to date from 1420 with a phase of rebuilding in 1492, that historic date when 'Columbus sailed the ocean blue'. Locals proudly claim that some of the timber used was left over from the construction of the Santa Maria, Niña and Pinta ships which took the great man across the Atlantic to America. |
| The frame was originally covered in wattle-and-daub and was built for the Beeston family, who gave their name to the area, and was used by them for the storage of crops. It had two pairs of wide entrances on each side, opposite each other, but in the 17th century the southern end of the barn was replaced with a two-storey stone building. | The frame was originally covered in wattle-and-daub and was built for the Beeston family, who gave their name to the area, and was used by them for the storage of crops. It had two pairs of wide entrances on each side, opposite each other, but in the 17th century the southern end of the barn was replaced with a two-storey stone building. |
| This is known as Major Greathead's Chapel, after Joshua Greathead, a major in Cromwell's army during the Civil War and later involved in the Farnley Wood Plot to overthrow the monarchy, who was believed to have worshipped there. Now the lively people behind the South Leeds Life blog are hoping the meeting might lead to the formation of a 'Friends of Stanks Hall Barn' support group that can work with site owners Leeds City Council to secure the future of the building. Beeston resident Jeremy Morton, 52, is one of the people who has helped to organise the public meeting. He says the blog was contacted by a local resident concerned that the building was suffering from neglect and had fallen into disrepair. There had also been problems with vandalism. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday 28th February and will take place at Beeston Village Community Centre on St Anthony's Drive, starting at 7pm. | This is known as Major Greathead's Chapel, after Joshua Greathead, a major in Cromwell's army during the Civil War and later involved in the Farnley Wood Plot to overthrow the monarchy, who was believed to have worshipped there. Now the lively people behind the South Leeds Life blog are hoping the meeting might lead to the formation of a 'Friends of Stanks Hall Barn' support group that can work with site owners Leeds City Council to secure the future of the building. Beeston resident Jeremy Morton, 52, is one of the people who has helped to organise the public meeting. He says the blog was contacted by a local resident concerned that the building was suffering from neglect and had fallen into disrepair. There had also been problems with vandalism. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday 28th February and will take place at Beeston Village Community Centre on St Anthony's Drive, starting at 7pm. |
| Beeston History Society will be talking about the long history of the barn. Local councillors will be in attendance too and the group has the support of watchdog organisation Leeds Civic Trust. | Beeston History Society will be talking about the long history of the barn. Local councillors will be in attendance too and the group has the support of watchdog organisation Leeds Civic Trust. |
| Stank Hall Barn, which is a Grade II* listed building and is on the Trust's Heritage At Risk list, is located off Dewsbury Road between the railway line and the White Rose Shopping Centre. Its surroundings in the south of the city form an area particularly rich in industrial history. Another local heritage jewel is the volunteer-run Middleton Railway , the world's oldest working railway, dating back to 1758. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the adjacent quarter of Holbeck was the cradle of the industrial revolution in Leeds, home to trend-setting entrepreneurs ahead of the curve who bequeathed a legacy of fascinating buildings and legends. The government approved a bid for Holbeck to be one of the first inner-city areas in the country to prepare a neighbourhood plan, earlier this year. | Stank Hall Barn, which is a Grade II* listed building and is on the Trust's Heritage At Risk list, is located off Dewsbury Road between the railway line and the White Rose Shopping Centre. Its surroundings in the south of the city form an area particularly rich in industrial history. Another local heritage jewel is the volunteer-run Middleton Railway , the world's oldest working railway, dating back to 1758. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the adjacent quarter of Holbeck was the cradle of the industrial revolution in Leeds, home to trend-setting entrepreneurs ahead of the curve who bequeathed a legacy of fascinating buildings and legends. The government approved a bid for Holbeck to be one of the first inner-city areas in the country to prepare a neighbourhood plan, earlier this year. |
| An event on Saturday will see the latest in a succession of community events to move the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan forward. A series of workshops for local residents to map the future of their community starts at St Matthew's Community Centre in Holbeck at 11am. | An event on Saturday will see the latest in a succession of community events to move the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan forward. A series of workshops for local residents to map the future of their community starts at St Matthew's Community Centre in Holbeck at 11am. |
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