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Temple Works

Temple Works
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About Temple Works

Temple Works is a former flax mill in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was designed by the engineer James Coombe a former pupil of John Rennie; the painter David Roberts; and the architect Joseph Bonomi the Younger. It was built in the Egyptian Revival style for the industrialist John Marshall between 1836 and 1840 to contain a 240Β horsepower double-beam engine by Benjamin Hick. Temple Works is the only Grade I listed building in Holbeck.

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Temple Works, in the Holbeck area of Leeds, is a flax mill started in 1836 that was the biggest building of its kind at the time it was built.

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Coordinates: 53.7897, -1.5529

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