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Category Archives: High St & Market Sq
Market square – Central block – Heritage Buildings
These lovely black and white buildings are from the 1933 re-layout of Market square. They exemplify the culmination of the Old English style of the Arts and Crafts movement. Continue reading
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Market Sq No. 14-18 Georgian Terrace – Heritage Buildings
These buildings are the oldest buildings in Market Square. They were originally built as private houses, in the early 18th century. Continue reading
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Heritage Buildings – Market Square 6-8: Caters Supermarket now Lloyds & Bon Marche
The TSB and Bon Marche occupy the former ‘Caters’ store built in 1957, one of the first modern self-service shopping supermarkets in the country. The architecture has a ‘Festival of Britain’ feel. Before Caters built their ground-breaking shop, the site … Continue reading
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Market Square No. 1-3 – Maunders Bakery now McDonalds
MacDonalds occupies an 18th century shop which for generations until around 1971 was the Bakery of the Maunders family. Next door, Jessops also occupies a Georgian terrace of similar age and importance. Continue reading
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High Street No. 147-149 & 151-153 Demolished – The White Hart Inn
This much lamented ancient Inn dated from the medieval era and had been rebuilt as the commercial hub in the 1830s. Replaced by a space wasting concrete cuboid. Continue reading
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Market Square Nos 12-13 Ocean Basket – Heritage Building
Ocean Basket occupies the first building displaying the transition from a small market town into a Victorian shopping centre. It is built in the Queen Anne style from the Arts and Crafts Movement, whose hallmark was the sunflower motif that … Continue reading
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Market Square Nos 20-25 Former Dunns Building
Dunns furnishers sold high-end stylish furniture from their market square shop. Rebuilt in Arts and Crafts shop after a fire in 1909 and again after it was bombed in WW2. Continue reading
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Market Square The Old New Townhall – Heritage Buildings
Neo-Gothic, ‘Elizabethan’ style, brick new ‘Town Hall’ built by the new Lord of the Manor in the 1863 at his own cost Continue reading
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High Street No. 160, Victoria Chambers, now Primark’s Annex – Heritage Building Profile
This fine building is from the 1890s and built in the Arts & Crafts style with its characteristic Dutch influence. The blue plaque identifies it as the birthplace of the famous author HG Wells. Continue reading
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