John Dobson, Charles Roberts Chorley, Elmete Hall, Leeds, James Kitson, and 1 other — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: Elmete Hall. This fine villa, with its 65-acre estate providing spectacular views over Leeds was built in 1865 for James Kitson the wealthy steam locomotive manufacturer. Extended in brick in 1885, for over two decades from 1957 it was a school for the deaf. Architects: Dobson and Chorley. Renovated 2007. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

Elmete Hall, designed by architects John Dobson and Charles Roberts Chorley, served as the residence of Sir Rt Hon. Lord James Kitson PC, a prominent steam locomotive manufacturer, and later functioned as a school for the deaf from 1957, highlighting its adaptive reuse in educational services for over two decades.

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