Save Leadenhall Grade 1 Listed Property Under Threat

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Anne Lyles explains some of the damage this development would cause. Read more from Anne here.

Dr Kate Feluś tells That’s TV that the planned works could diminish the site’s heritage. Read Kate’s article here.

Real Save Leadenhall — Neglected by the current owners

One of Salisbury’s Finest Grade I Listed Buildings is Under Threat.

STOP PRESS – Application ON HOLD
Updates to the planning portal mean the Leaden Hall proposal will not be heard by the Planning Committee before September 2026. This is due to the Environmental Agency’s letter on the 14/07/26 explaining that they could not release the 2025 flood risk mapping for Leaden Hall’s area until September this year. This development demonstrates why Save Leaden Hall holds planning concerns about the applicant’s stalling in this case, in attempts to favour their own side. READ MORE HERE.
Meanwhile please SIGN the petition,

Built in the C13th for Elias Dereham, remodelled in C18. Leaden Hall’s façade and grounds form a precious component of the setting for the cathedral. The gardens that surround the Hall are a very rare example of a largely intact designed landscape for a smaller Georgian house.

Both house and garden are now under significant threat.

Having neglected the building for years, the owners, the Dean & Chapter, have submitted a planning application for intrusive works to renovate the house into an office.

An archive building is proposed to house Salisbury’s medieval manuscripts on a floodplain, which currently is home to a complete Georgian kitchen garden, painted repeatedly by John Constable.

We must act now to stop these harmful plans.

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It is unbelievable that this historic, beautiful building was ever allowed to fall into disrepair. Changing it into a modern office block is totally inappropriate and sets a dangerous precedent for other historic buildings in The Close.

Susie V.

The proposal is neither in keeping with Leadenhall nor its surrounding environment. I hope the planning committee will see this and reject this application. The fact that Leadenhall has been allowed to decay into its present condition is scandalous.

Simon M.

It is hard to believe that a beautiful Georgian building should have been allowed to deteriorate as it has. The intimate link with Constable is something that should be treasured not trashed.

Malcolm C.

This place was not just a school – but a home – for so many of us who were fortunate enough to board at Leaden Hall throughout the years. Such a magical place should be preserved.

Ophelia W.

Planning rules require a public good and there is none that justifies these destructive plans.

Terry B.

This was a perfectly nice school before the dimwits in frocks over the road decided to kill it. Now they should be sued for not maintaining it, let alone be allowed to knock it around like this. There is something very rotten in this diocese; in the Middle Ages, the Dean and Bishop would have been included in a fresco depicting the torment of the damned.

Nicholas B.

I taught there for 17 years, after becoming the first male to teach at Leaden Hall in its 50 year history. It has a special place in my affections.

David W.

I appreciate the historical value and have personal memories as I attended school there in 1951-53