Temple Works is a former flax mill in Holbeck and was the largest single room in the world when built in 1838. The Grade I listed building, also known as Temple Mills, has a stone facade consisting of 18 full-height windows separated by 18 pillars with an overhanging cornice in the Egyptian style, based on the temple at Antaeopolis and the Temple of Horus at Edfu. The factory building derived from the Typhonium at Dendera. The long term future of the now derelict building has endured its fair share of false dawns down the decades. Fast forward to 2025 and the Government has pledged £10 million to bring it into public ownership and a new home for the British Library in Leeds. READ MORE: Seven lost wonders of Leeds you may not know about LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
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Temple Works features in a John Betjeman BBC film, John Betjeman Discovers Leeds, made in 1968 about Leeds city architecture. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Temple Works was opened as an arts centre in 2009, with an initial exhibition and tour as part of Leeds Light Night. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
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It also featured in the second episode of the third series of Leeds-based TV series DCI Banks. | ITV Photo: ITV
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December 2008 and a stone pillar in the mill's facade collapsed. | YPN Photo: YPN
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A slab of millstone grit fell onto the pavement in Marshall Street and the roof parapet above the pillar bowed out. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Burberry announced plans to use the site for manufacturing in November 2015 However, following the Brexit vote, they put the plans on hold, finally abandoning them in 2017. | Jonathan Gawthorpe Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe