25 KIRKGATE MARKET OWLS“Created by the architects Leeming & Leeming in 1904 we survey a magnificent emporium of market stalls. We’ve survived great wars & terrible fires but here we still are.”
3 LEEDS MUSEUM OWLS"The Mechanics Institute appeared in 1865 created by Cuthbert Brodrick the City architect. Inspired by the Paris Opera House it is an elegant triumph in stone."
2 CIVIC OWLS"Polished white Portland stone, we were positively radiant in the dirty Leeds of 1933. The best seats in the house to see Kings and Queens from George V to QE2!"
1 MILLENNIUM SQUARE OWLS"We were born in 1933 to provide work in the great depression. In 2000 our family grew as we welcomed the Millennium Owls!".
22 CORN EXCHANGE OWLS outside“A cylindrical Yorkshire stone palace like a giant sweet jar with a dome lid. Dedicated to the commerce of corn. Buses galore that’s what we see morning, noon and tea!”
21 CORN EXCHANGE OWLS inside“We inhabit Cuthbert Broderick’s masterpiece from the 1860’s. Trading Corn was our business, shopping was our rebirth and now there’s tasty food and wine here.”
23 LEEDS CIVIC TRUST OWL“Captured in glass above the door I rest patiently while these custodians of the city consider all that is great in Leeds. Formed in 1965, Leeds is what we are about.”
10 LEEDS TOWN HALL OWLS“Fluttering skywards, sited all around, we were the highest owls in the world for a century on this most famous town hall in the land. Opened in 1858 by Queen Victoria”
24 LEEDS PARISH CHURCH OWLS“Five churches on one site. The previous four fell victim to fire, war, plague and the Victorians! Free pews for the poor said Dr Hook, and so was built something worthy of
14 YORKSHIRE PENNY BANK OWLS“I was built to guard your pennies, alas I’m a bank no more. How grand; buttresses and spires. Look up and enjoy! Can you find me flapping my wings?”
17 FLARES OWLS“We’ve been here since 1899 and what a grand view we have of City Square. Notice we’re not square but round; eye up our rich green copper dome, balustrades and pillars!”
16 The Met Owls“Look up at our roof. It’s a delicious cupola, salvaged from the fourth White Cloth Hall. Gaze down at the rich terracotta and faience facade. If only we handsome owls were at the fron
6 LEEDS CITY LIBRARY OWL"If you think we look fabulous from outside, step in and check out the staircase of Byzantine and Romanesque tiles and paired dogs. We owls can't take all the credit for this
18 MALMASION OWLS“In 1915 Leeds City Tramways Department opened as a symbol of how important transport had become. Leeds was the first to use electricity from overhead lines to power the trams.”
