Billingsgate Market is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1980. Market. 1 related planning application.
Billingsgate Market
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-lintel-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1980
- Type
- Market
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
LOWER THAMES ST EC3 1 5002 Billingsgate Market II TQ 3380 NW 17/530
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1872-3 (Sir) Horace Jones, architect. Huge structure in brick with Portland stone dressings in a classical style of French seventeenth century inspiration. Road front with ends and centre raised above remainder. Pedimented centrepiece of three bays with round headed arcade, the same arcade extended to right and left for five bays. Sash windows above cill bands and cornice. End blocks with cornices between storeys and pilaster decoration cornice with stone ornaments and ornamental dormers. River elevation somewhat similar but with four and a half storey end blocks with balustraded tops. Curved mansard lead roof along frontage with decorative stone dormers. Larger dormer in centre but otherwise as remainder.
Interior has cast-iron roofed market structure with below it, extensive storage accommodation.
The site has been in use for market purposes since the thirteenth century.
Listing NGR: TQ3306080628
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