London Leather, Hide And Wool Exchange The Jugglers Arms Public House

The London Leather, Hide and Wool Exchange, incorporating The Jugglers Arms Public House, was built in 1878 by George Elkington and Sons. It is a three-storey building with a four-storey return, situated on Weston Street and Leather Market Street in Southwark. The building is constructed of brick in Flemish and mixed bonds, with stone trim and terracotta detailing. The exterior features a three-window range, with a return of four windows incorporating a hoist bay in the centre and a hoist crane at the top. All openings are flat-arched except where noted. A central, segmental-arched entrance features doors and a lintel inscribed "LONDON LEATHER/HIDE & WOOL EXCHANGE," flanked by Atlas brackets supporting an entablature. Above this is a rectangular bay with a convex metal roof, topped by a three-light, mullioned and transomed window with a Diocletian light, which breaks the bracketed cornice and terminates in a pediment formed from raking cornices. Terracotta sunbursts are set between the cornice brackets. The first-floor windows are two-light with flush pediments, while those above are mullioned and transomed. A corner turret rises from the first floor, finishing in a drum with a roundel above parapet height; this design is repeated on the return. Sill and lintel bands tie the architectural elements together. Ground-floor windows are set under shallow round-arched recesses, the tympana of which are filled with five roundels in low relief depicting elements of the tanning process. The Jugglers Arms Public House occupies the first and second bays of the return. The rear, or east-facing, elevation has similar detailing. The interior of the building was not inspected. The Exchange forms a group with the Leather Market, Weston Street, and warehouse ranges at Leathermarket Yard, creating an excellent 19th-century industrial grouping.