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Bolton Market Hall

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The scheme was contentious involving significant change to a historic building. After consultation and the council awarded planning permission and listed building consent in 2005. English Heritage and the local council's conservation officer were involved in the proposals. The completed Market Place
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The market hall was modified in 1894 and further alterations were carried out at the turn of the 20th century. In 1938 the interior layout changed with roofed stalls in tightly packed islands replacing the long rows of stalls and in 1982 a competition brief to redevelop the site immediately to the
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to restore the building's original features and modernise it to 20th century standards. Alterations to the original fabric were minimized and a scheme developed to allow retail units to be slotted into the listed structure, allowing for flexibility and potential removal in the future if desired.
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A long procession led to the opening ceremony. To complement the produce stalls and boost custom, a fish market was built next to it which opened in 1865 at a cost of £30000. The fish market was demolished in September 1932.
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north of the market hall into a shopping centre was won by Chapman Taylor Partners. In 1985 Grosvenor Developments took over the Market Place project from Wimpey Property Holdings.
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that is now the Market Place Shopping Centre. The market hall and its integral ground-floor shops on Bridge Street, Corporation Street and Knowsley Street are included in the
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Grade II listed buildings in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
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The hall was refurbished in the 1980s to become the
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listed building
Bolton
Greater Manchester
English Heritage
G. T. Robinson
Queen Elizabeth II
façades
cast iron
listed building
columns
van Heyningen and Haward Architects
Historic England
"Market Hall and all ground floor shops (1388092)"
National Heritage List for England


"Dreams in iron: Bolton's Victorian market hall « rag-picking history"


"Bolton Market Hall"
"Bolton Market Hall"
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