What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Fairbairn House Originally known as Woodsley House, this monumental villa was built in 1840 for Sir Peter Fairbairn, the textile engineering magnate, and Mayor of Leeds 1858-59. Queen Victoria stayed here in 1858 when she came to open the Town Hall. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.
Sir Peter Fairbairn was a prominent textile engineer and industrialist who served as Mayor of Leeds, with Woodsley House, later known as Fairbairn House, being his residence; Queen Victoria, reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, stayed at this house in 1858 during her visit to open the Leeds Town Hall.
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