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

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version