Former Wool Exchange and Post Office - Bradford, UK - Blue Plaques on Waymarking.com

Bradford had grown rapidly during the industrial revolution and became wealthy from the wool trade.

This building was erected in 1828 as public newsrooms, billiard rooms and a ballroom and the Greek Revival style was intended to demonstrate the growth in importance of the town.

The building was later converted to house a wool exchange to control the growing trade in wool. Continued growth led to a new purpose built exchange and the building was once again converted, this time to the town's post office.

Further growth in the town's wealth meant that once again the occupants of the building needed larger purpose built premises and in 1887 the post office moved out.

These days the building has a rather neglected look about it and a modern glass frontage of corner premises housing a charity shop detract from the building's style.

The blue plaque next to the entrance on Piccadilly tells the early history of the building.

This building was once used as
The Wool Exchange
Later it was used until 1887
As The Bradford Post Office.

Bradford City Heritage

Section 21 of the supplied web page supplied extra information.

Blue Plaque managing agency: Bradford City Heritage Individual Recognized: Former Wool Exchange building Physical Address: 1 Piccadilly Bradford, West Yorkshire United Kingdom BD1 3ND Web Address: [Web Link]

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