Tower Works – Leeds
Tower Works, which sits next to the railway tracks in Holbeck, is one of the most historic buildings in Leeds. Founded by T.R Harding in 1864, the Globe Road site was originally a factory which made steel pins for carding and combing in Leeds’ thriving textile industry. The original buildings were designed by architect Thomas Shaw, and later Thomas Walter Harding, Harding’s son, commissioned William Bakewell to extend the works in 1899. Now part of the Holbeck Urban Village regeneration…