1886 - Market Building - West Smithfield, London, UK
N 51° 31.064 W 000° 06.278
30U E 700878 N 5711375
This market building is at the western end of West Smithfield at the junction with Snow Hill. The building now appears to be derelict but was, at one time, a part of the main market.
Waymark Code: WMK8GA
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/28/2014
Views: 3
The cornerstone is at the western end of the building on the West Smithfield facade. It reads:
This Stone
was laid the 13th day of December 1886
in the Mayorality of
the Right Honble
Sir Reginald Hanson Kt MA FSA
Henry Hugh Lillington Esq
Chairman of the Markets Committee
of the Corporation of the
City of London
Sir Horace Jones Kt FRIBA
Architect
Mark Gentry
Builder
The building is in a poor state of repair and, as it is unlisted, it may not have long remaining in this life.
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