[2] In 1905, William Gordon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds, invited the Jesuits to take over the running of it.

[5] The Jesuits also started a nearby secondary school, Leeds Catholic College on 18 September 1905.

Plans for Sacred Heart Chapel began in the early 1920s, James O’Brien created another presbytery by acquiring a house on the Cardigan Road.

Three years later, the new architect Edward Simpson brought the construction to a close by finishing the building in 1930.

Sacred Heart Church, the primary school, and the Poplar Street area were all demolished.

[7] In the 1990s, the church was sold and was bought in 1994 by Sheikh Saif Bin Muhammad Al-Nehayyan of Abu Dhabi, who converted it into Leeds Grand Mosque.

[8] Our Lady of Lourdes Church, which was once a hall, is built with red bricks with stone bands and a mansard slate roof.

[1] In 1959, attempts were made by the architect, Derek Walker, to have the building look more like a place of worship than a church hall.

It was lowered by two feet and two screens made of metal were placed either side of the sanctuary allowing for two separate spaces.

The altar is made of Hopton Wood stone and shows Jesus with the twelve apostles.