Editing Old Billingsgate

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[[File:Old Billingsgate Market Mars 2014 03.jpg|thumb|Old Billingsgate Market in March 2014]]

'''Old Billingsgate Market''' is the name given to what is now a hospitality and events venue in the [[City of London]], based in the [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] building that was originally [[Billingsgate Fish Market]], the world's largest [[fish market]] in the 19th century.

The first Billingsgate Market building was constructed on [[Thames Street (London)|Lower Thames Street]] in 1850 by the builder [[John Jay (builder)|John Jay]], and the fish market was moved off the streets into its new riverside building. This was demolished in around 1873 and replaced by an arcaded market hall designed by City architect [[Horace Jones (architect)|Horace Jones]] and built by [[Mowlem|John Mowlem & Co.]] in 1875, the building that still stands on the site today.<ref name=City>[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/our_services/markets/billingsgate/history.htm History of Billingsgate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622214136/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/our_services/markets/billingsgate/history.htm |date=22 June 2007 }} accessed 21 May 2007</ref>

In 1982, the fish market itself was relocated to a new site on the [[Isle of Dogs]] in east London. The 1875 building was then refurbished by architect [[Richard Rogers]], originally to provide office accommodation.

Now used as an events venue, it remains a major London landmark and a notable [[Listed building|Grade II listed building]].

==Gallery==
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File:Old Billingsgate Market Mars 2014 02.jpg|Thames facing (south) view of the market
File:Old Billingsgate Market from Shard London Bridge. Evening 2019-09-22.jpg|View of the market from [[The Shard]]
File:Old billingsgate london weathervane.jpg|Weathervane detail
File:Old billingsgate market door detail.jpg|Door detail
File:Billingsgate Fish Market. ILN 1876.jpg|Market in 1876
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.oldbillingsgate.co.uk/ Official website]

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[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1875]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in the City of London]]
[[Category:History of the City of London]]
[[Category:Former retail markets in London]]
[[Category:1850 establishments in England]]


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