Description and History of Site:-
City Corporation provided building for long-established fish market in 1830s replacing it with brick and stone fish market by Sir Horace Jones (1875 and after), in use until 1982 when market transferred to West India Docks.
Halls roofed with wrought-iron trusses; basements contain refrigeration equipment, reputedly undefrosted for decades.
Designed for water transport when railways were already bringing most fish, efforts were made to transfer it to Shadwell, 1885 and Caledonian Market site, 1957.
Converted to banking hall ca. 1985.
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Key Words :- market
Address :- Lower Thames Street, London, Greater London, EC3R 6DX
Grid Ref :- TQ 33060 80628
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.508923 , Long -0.084055
Local Authority :- City of London
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1358911,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1875 -
Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © GLIAS Database
Grid Ref :- TQ 33060 80628
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.508923 , Long -0.084055
Local Authority :- City of London
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1358911,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1875 -
Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © GLIAS Database