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MICKLEFIELD House, a Gothic-style Grade II Listed Victorian mansion in Rawdon owned by Leeds City Council, is to be put up for auction next month…

COUNCIL planning chiefs have agreed to reconsider plans to convert a listed Leeds building into eight flats due to concerns around the design of an extension. Micklefield House in Rawdon had been home to politicians and captains of industry in the Victorian era, and was more recently used as offices by Leeds City Council. But developers now want to convert the Grade II Listed property, built in 1847, into eight two and three bed apartments, along with a first floor extension. Richard ...