A winged figure bearing a shield, on which the word 'Ripon' is arranged around a horn, at the end of a hammerbeam in the roof of the Wool Exchang

Date:
Aug 1988
Location:
The Wool Exchange, Market Street, Bradford
Reference:
BB89/01732
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Wool Exchange was completed in 1867, to an 1864 competition winning design by Lockwood and Mawson. The interior feature a hammerbeam roof; allegorical figures bearing shields are positioned at the end of the hammerbeams. The building was used as a wool exchange until the 1970s, and was converted into shopping units in the late 20th century.

Content

This is part of the Job: 88/01788 The Wool Exchange; within the Volume: BF062684 The Wool Exchange, Market Street, Bradford; within the Series: RCH01/084 Yorkshire Textile Mills Project; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

Keywords

Hammer Beam, Post Medieval Wool Exchange, Trade And Commerce