CEG’s Temple Works touted for new British Library site

CEG’s Temple Works is being explored as the potential site for a new British Library of the North. Leeds City Council has revealed it has been in talks with the British Library and CEG to see whether the Grade I listed site would make a good home for the library’s new branch. The news follows yesterday’s Budget, in which £25m has been set aside for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to establish the British Library’s new site. Leeds City Council leader, councillor Judith Blake, said: “This is an important and very welcome acknowledgement of our collaborative efforts to achieve national recognition of the significance of Temple Works to Leeds, the North, and indeed the country. “Its historic and modern relevance as one of the main birthplaces of the industrial revolution and an incredibly important Grade I listed building is incalculable.” Also in the Budget, an additional £95m was announced for a separate British Library site at Boston Spa. To send feedback, e-mail lucy.alderson@egi.co.uk or tweet @LucyAJourno or @estatesgazette