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

• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas