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SE 1416 NW 1/678
12.9.73.

IMPERIAL ARCADE
Imperial Court
Units 1 to 4 (consec)

(Formerly listed as No 31 (former Queen Hotel under Market Street))

II

Early C19. What is now the rear was formerly the front elevation of the Queen Hotel, Market Street. Ashlar. Hipped stone slate roof. Three storeys. Stone brackets to gutter. Ten ranges of sashes. The six most northerly on the first floor have a continuous balcony with an ornamental cast iron balustrade. Modern panelled door in original opening. Trabeated archway to Queen Tap Yard, with stone setts underneath. Segment-headed archway with plain impost blocks to Imperial Arcade: cast iron gates, ramped upwards towards centre.

Front to Imperial Arcade was formerly the rear. Eight ranges of sashes on first and second floors: modern shop fronts.

Listing NGR: SE 14353 16567

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427457

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)