2012

SJ4912 : The Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury

taken 12 years ago, near to Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

The Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury
The Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury
The Old Market Hall was built in 1596 by the Corporation of Shrewsbury and is one of Shrewsbury's finest buildings (and that's in a town with 660 listed buildings). It reflects the town's prosperity towards the end of the 16th century and the Elizabethan boom and its emergence as a major regional centre for trading and the county town.

Local stone was brought from Grinshill and the choice of stone above timber, which was still used for almost all private building in the town, shows that this was a building which was more than functional. The building was intended to impress by its materials, modernity, style and scale and to proclaim the message that here was the region's premier market.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Shrewsbury [1887] · Grade II Listed [427] · Building [300] · Old Market Hall [112] Title Clusters: · The Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury [3] ·
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SJ4912, 2628 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jeremy Bolwell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 24 July, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 24 July, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 4913 1247 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:42.4496N 2:45.2608W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 4914 1247
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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