Description and History of Site:-
River frontage: left (west) range; blocked loading door with cambered arch and hinge stones to each floor, right; 5 tiers of small windows to left. Central range: central loading doors, remains of hoist cover, flanked by large multi-pane windows, all with segmental arches. Right range: Central wide, low elliptical-arched opening to each floor, key and top hinge-stones; flanking taller segmental-arched windows. (1996 listing record). The central range is an infill (1866) of the yard and wharf area between two earlier (c1815) warehouses. Palmer Bros mill by the 1850s and Wright Bros, corn millers in 1887. Refurbished (1990) to hotel, bar and restaurants.

Further Reading and References:-
Leach, P and Pevsner, N. Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the north. The buildings of England. Yale University Press, 2009.

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Key Words :- mill warehouse corn hotel

Address :- 40-42 The Calls, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7EW
Grid Ref :- SE 30516 33255
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.794716 , Long -1.538228
Local Authority :- Leeds Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1255929,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1866 -
Record Date :- 8 September 2017

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