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Munro House is a building in 
At the south corner of the building was Leeds Gallery, an independent
Leeds Arts and Regeneration
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Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
, West Yorkshire, England, situated at the corner of Duke Street and York Street.
History
Originally called ''Union House'', during the 1930s the building housed The United Yeast Co. Ltd, yeast merchants. The ground floor was occupied by Walter Wraggs motor cycle dealers during the 1960s and 1970s and at that time much of the rest of the building was used by the tailoring industry. During the 1990s and 2000s the building contained Ad Trader, Ad Trader (Yorkshire), and Yorkshire Auto Trader's offices. It was also the location for a number of other small businesses and charities. The area surrounding Munro House is now known as ''modern Leeds' Cultural Centre''. Following the redevelopment of Quarry Hill and the construction of The West Yorkshire Playhouse, St Peter's Square became home toBBC Yorkshire
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, Leeds College of Music
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populatio ...
, Northern Ballet
Northern Ballet, formerly Northern Ballet Theatre, is a dance company based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a strong repertoire in theatrical dance productions where the emphasis is on story telling as well as classical ballet. The company ...
, Yorkshire Dance and The Wardrobe. It is also unofficially known as the 'Arts Quarter'.
Current
From 2011 until September 2022 the ground floor was home Café 164, an independent bakery and coffee shop with outlets on Woodhouse Lane and in Headingley its last trading day was Friday 26 August 2022, they have now moved their main operations to Headingley.
At the south corner of the building was Leeds Gallery, an independent commercial art gallery
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., the gallery changed its name to The Gallery at 164, but never reopened after COVID-19. Next door was Colours May Vary, an independent book shop, which moved to a new location in the Corn Exchange in 2021 - this space is now occupied by an office of La Marzocco, the Italian coffee machine manufacturer. Sarto, a pasta restaurant, is on the St Peter's Square side.
On the first floor is Engage Interactive, a digital agency. On the top floor are Magpie, a communications agency, ODI Leeds a node of the Open Data Institute and The Data City
References
External links
Leeds Arts and Regeneration
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