Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA1028NW HIGH STREET
680-1/23/193 (South East side)
12/11/73 Hull and East Riding Museum
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
(East side)
Transport Museum)

GV II

Former corn exchange, now museum. Dated 1885, by Bellamy &
Hardy of Lincoln. Converted to museum 1925. Largely rebuilt
c1950, following wartime damage. Brick with ashlar front. Roof
not visible. Classical revival style. Plinth, lintel and sill
bands, modillion main cornice and similar cornice to attic
storey; pierced coped balustrade. 2 storeys plus basement and
attics; 3-window range. Projecting central entrance bay rises
through 2 floors, with round-arched opening with mask keystone
and spandrels sculptured with symbols of agriculture and
prosperity, flanked by Corinthian half-columns. Margin glazed
fanlight. Pair of well designed wrought-iron gates inscribed
with the architects' names and the date. On either side, a
tripartite casement window on each floor, with stone mullions.
The smaller first-floor windows have small balustraded
balconies on brackets. Attic storey has 3 round-arched windows
with moulded heads and keystones and detached inner stone
ring. The central window is flanked by enriched square double
columns and brackets carrying breaks in the crowning
entablature, which are topped with pedestals and urns. Central
half-round centre panel with the arms of Hull, topped with an
anthemion. INTERIOR rebuilt c1950.
(Buildings of England: N Pevsner: Yorkshire: York & the East
Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 276).

Listing NGR: TA1022228732

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492199

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6