History
Templar House is a Grade II listed building situated in the heart of Leeds City Centre, The building photographed was built in 1840 by James Simpson it was originally known as Wesleyan Methodist Church boasting a schoolroom for 400 children and 1700 worshipers flocked to the church.
However it would later become the United Methodist Chapel but over the 1920’s as congregation began to dwindle the historic building was no longer a chapel as of 1930 and then converted to offices in 1933.
Since 1933 the building would be used for a variety of many different company needs. After the closure of the chapel Templar House would be known as the main premises of Hoover Ltd Vacuum cleaner manufacturers for a short while before it would again change occupants. This time in the form of the Army as a National Service Recruitment Office.
From the 1970’s onwards it changed hands again on a number of occasions the first which saw the building become an Unemployment Benefit Office for a short period then In 1984 it was pictured as being occupied by British Road Services and then converted into warehousing space.
The last known use of Templar House was in the early 1990’s where it would operate as an amateur boxing club which explains the lockers and certificates hanging on the wall. It has remained abandoned, tightly sealed and in a derelict state ever since.
Since it’s closure Victoria Gate owned by Hammerson Operations Ltd have taken ownership of the Templar House building and it remains unseen what the future has in store for it.
Explore
Where to begin? For a building that is known notoriously for being very tightly sealed throughout the Urbex community. The last explore of this historic building was back in 2014 and only very few people have ever had the opportunity of actually stepping inside to photograph it’s derelict state, The pool table and boxing certificates left decaying for nearly 30 years not to mention the beautiful staircase! An experience I will certainly not forget an amazing location to be able to put on the list let alone being the first one to explore it again after all this time✅#leeds #templarhouse #exploration #urbanexplorer #urbex
Templar House is a Grade II listed building situated in the heart of Leeds City Centre, The building photographed was built in 1840 by James Simpson it was originally known as Wesleyan Methodist Church boasting a schoolroom for 400 children and 1700 worshipers flocked to the church.
However it would later become the United Methodist Chapel but over the 1920’s as congregation began to dwindle the historic building was no longer a chapel as of 1930 and then converted to offices in 1933.
Since 1933 the building would be used for a variety of many different company needs. After the closure of the chapel Templar House would be known as the main premises of Hoover Ltd Vacuum cleaner manufacturers for a short while before it would again change occupants. This time in the form of the Army as a National Service Recruitment Office.
From the 1970’s onwards it changed hands again on a number of occasions the first which saw the building become an Unemployment Benefit Office for a short period then In 1984 it was pictured as being occupied by British Road Services and then converted into warehousing space.
The last known use of Templar House was in the early 1990’s where it would operate as an amateur boxing club which explains the lockers and certificates hanging on the wall. It has remained abandoned, tightly sealed and in a derelict state ever since.
Since it’s closure Victoria Gate owned by Hammerson Operations Ltd have taken ownership of the Templar House building and it remains unseen what the future has in store for it.
Explore
Where to begin? For a building that is known notoriously for being very tightly sealed throughout the Urbex community. The last explore of this historic building was back in 2014 and only very few people have ever had the opportunity of actually stepping inside to photograph it’s derelict state, The pool table and boxing certificates left decaying for nearly 30 years not to mention the beautiful staircase! An experience I will certainly not forget an amazing location to be able to put on the list let alone being the first one to explore it again after all this time✅#leeds #templarhouse #exploration #urbanexplorer #urbex
