History in Structure

The Fish Market

A Grade II Listed Building in Preston, Lancashire

We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7601 / 53°45'36"N

Longitude: -2.6998 / 2°41'59"W

OS Eastings: 353963

OS Northings: 429534

OS Grid: SD539295

Mapcode National: GBR T9W.BN

Mapcode Global: WH85M.HRM9

Plus Code: 9C5VQ862+23

Entry Name: The Fish Market

Listing Date: 10 March 1980

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1207309

English Heritage Legacy ID: 392092

ID on this website: 101207309

Location: Preston, Lancashire, PR1

County: Lancashire

District: Preston

Electoral Ward/Division: Town Centre

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Preston

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Preston St John and St George the Martyr

Church of England Diocese: Blackburn

Tagged with: Market hall

Find accommodation in
Preston

Description



PRESTON

SD5329NE MARKET STREET
941-1/9/204 (East side)
10/03/80 The Fish Market

GV II

Covered open-air market building. Early C20. Cast-iron and
steel, slate roof with glazed panels. Square plan under 3-span
hipped roof ridged on north-south axis. Open sided,
essentially a floating canopy carried on 4 columns at each end
and one in the centre of each side. Square columns with
panelled sides decorated with attached anthemions and
rosettes, and heavily foliated caps, carrying very deep
trellis girders with ornamental bosses, and long slender
arch-braces to very deep oversailing eaves. Long glazed panels
on 3 slopes of roof; wrought-iron cresting to all ridges.
Forms group with Covered Market.


Listing NGR: SD5396329534

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.