Description

1. HIGH STREET
995 (North Side)
No 157 (Essex and Suffolk
Fire Office) (Formerly
listed as Essex and Suffolk
TL 9925 SW 4/121 24.2.50. Equitable Insurance Office)

II* GV

2.
Fine early C19 neo-classical facade with projecting colonnade. 1820 by
David Laing. Built as a Corn Exchange. Originally 2 storeys with central
pediment, a 3rd storey was added later. It is now of 3 storeys with
central pediment and small open pediments at each end of the front,
9-window range of double hung sashes with glazing bars, the ground floor
windows have arched heads. The colonnade has 9 pairs of cast iron Greek
Doric columns across the pavement. The arcade behind was enclosed in
later C19 and remodelled with plate glass in 1966.

Nos 156 to 158 (consec) and Albert Hall form a group

Listing NGR: TL9943725211

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545686

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)