Description

SE4048 WETHERBY THE SHAMBLES
LS22 (west side)

5/26 The Shambles
30.3.66

GV II

Colonnade originally enclosing butchers' stalls but now various shops and
public conveniences. 1811; northern facade onto Market Place added 1911.
Single storey, 11 x 1 bays. Bays 1 and 11 have round arches whilst other
bays all have basket arches springing from square piers without imposts.
Paired wooden gutter brackets to monoclinal roof with hip at left end and
shaped gable to right. Right return: shop front flanked by tall channel-
rusticated pilasters with plinths, bands, entablatures and ball finials
within a stone panel above the shop is an ashlar aedicule with apron panel
and moulded sill beneath plaque inscribed 'THIS FRONT/WAS ERECTED BY/PUBLIC
SUBSCRIPTION/TO COMMEMORATE/THE CORONATION/OF/KING GEORGE V/JUNE 1911'; above
is a pediment with frieze inscribed 'MARKET HALL'. Rounded gable with
moulded copings.

Listing NGR: SE4039648168

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587852

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)