Parkinson Building

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administrative building clock tower landmark university building

Parkinson Building is an iconic white Portland stone landmark and central administrative building of the University of Leeds, renowned for its clock tower and status as a symbol of the university.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Parkinson Building clock tower	1
Parkinson Building complex	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative building ⓘ clock tower ⓘ landmark ⓘ university building ⓘ
architect	Thomas Arthur Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Geoffry Lucas ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ
category	Art Deco architecture in England ⓘ Buildings and structures of the University of Leeds ⓘ Clock towers in the United Kingdom ⓘ Grade II listed buildings in Leeds ⓘ
color	white ⓘ
constructionEnd	1951 ⓘ
constructionStart	1938 ⓘ
coordinates	53.806°N 1.553°W ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
elevation	approximately 112 metres above sea level ⓘ
function	central administrative building of the University of Leeds ⓘ
hasClockTower	true ⓘ
hasPart	Parkinson Building self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parkinson Building clock tower
hasUse	meeting rooms ⓘ offices ⓘ public events ⓘ reception area ⓘ teaching rooms ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade II ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade II listed building ⓘ
inception	1938 ⓘ
isIconicFor	clock tower ⓘ white Portland stone façade ⓘ
isSymbolOf	University of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Leeds ⓘ West Yorkshire ⓘ
location	University of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	Portland stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Frank Parkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	grand entrance steps ⓘ large clock faces ⓘ tower visible across Leeds ⓘ
numberOfFloors	several ⓘ
officialOpeningDate	1951 ⓘ
operator	University of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	University of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	University of Leeds ⓘ surface form: University of Leeds campus

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Leeds → hasNotableBuilding → Parkinson Building ⓘ

Parkinson Building → hasPart → Parkinson Building self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parkinson Building clock tower

Michael Sadler Building → locatedNear → Parkinson Building ⓘ

Great Hall → partOf → Parkinson Building ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Hall (University of Leeds)

this entity surface form: Parkinson Building complex