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Leeds HQ of the Rugby Football League on the Market

The Headquarters of The Rugby Football League in Leeds has been placed on the market.

The historic Red Hall, situated close to the A58 Wetherby Road by the Leeds Outer Ring Road, is being marketed by the Leeds Office of global property consultancy, Knight Frank.

Red Hall will be sold with the adjacent Coach House and offers are invited for the freehold interest.

Jonathan Hyland, Partner at Knight Frank in Leeds, commented: “This is a tremendous opportunity to buy one of the city’s most iconic houses.”

Dating back to the mid-17th Century, it is a substantial Grade II Listed Building which has been extensively refurbished. It is currently a first class office building, but subject to planning consent, offers potential for a variety of alternative uses including residential, hotel, restaurant, residential or nursing care, private school or nursery. The land and buildings occupy a site of approximately 3.23 acres.

The majority of the land surrounding Red Hall is owned by Leeds City Council who have produced a Planning Brief for the Red Hall area, detailing opportunities and design principles for the redevelopment of the Red Hall site.

The Council’s ownership to the rear is allocated for housing which has been carried forward from the 2006 Unitary Development Plan and the former playing fields and open space to the front of Red Hall have a proposed residential allocation in the Site Allocations Plan.

Mr Hyland added: “Red Hall is approximately 4 miles to the north east of the city centre, close to the junction with the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road and its location will be substantially improved with the development of the new East Leeds Orbital Road, the construction of which is due to start this Autumn.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Robert Beaumont .