Old Billingsgate Market - Juerg’s London Buildings Guide

About Old Billingsgate Market

date:1875

architect:Horace Jones

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The current building on the site dates from 1877 and was designed by Sir Horace Jones. The building has a cast iron frame which allows from an open interior as is required for a market. The exterior is Renaissance in style. Until 1850 there was no actual market building, then one was built, but it quickly proved inadequate. The current build was commissioned to replace it.

There has been a market on this site since at least 1016, probably much earlier. In 1016 the first recorded toll regulations were issued. At this time it was not solely a fish market, all kinds of provisions were traded. In 1698 an act of parliament was passed that made Billingsgate "a free and open market for all sorts of fish", the purpose was to brake the monopoly of a group of fishmongers.

The site become ever less practicable for a market, being in the middle of the City, so in 1982 the fish market was relocated to the Isle of Dogs near to Docklands, and the building converted into offices.

Location of Old Billingsgate Market

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Nearby Tube/DLR stations
Bank (distance = 585 m bearing 308°) , Cannon Street (distance = 513 m bearing 320°) , London Bridge (distance = 432 m bearing 213°) , Monument (distance = 262 m bearing 309°)
Nearby major Bus Stop
City Hall (distance = 604 m bearing 133°) , London Bridge (distance = 426 m bearing 217°) , Monument (distance = 336 m bearing 312°) , Tower of London (distance = 452 m bearing 51°)

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Restaurants in the area

Chamberlains (distance = 420 m bearing 31°)

Local Pubs

Aldgate Wine Bar (distance = 467 m bearing 41°) , All Bar One (distance = 388 m bearing 55°) , Balls Brothers (distance = 173 m bearing 32°) , Bangers Too (distance = 184 m bearing 33°) , Bill Bentleys (distance = 190 m bearing 305°) , Britannia (distance = 221 m bearing 311°) , CJs (distance = 292 m bearing 301°) , Cooperage (distance = 367 m bearing 215°) , Corney Barrows (distance = 237 m bearing 309°) , El Vino (distance = 220 m bearing 307°) , Elephant and something (distance = 310 m bearing 32°) , Florentines (distance = 195 m bearing 31°) , FOB (distance = 149 m bearing 323°) , Fuegos (distance = 176 m bearing 31°) , Hogshead (distance = 202 m bearing 311°) , Horniman at Haywards Wharf (distance = 320 m bearing 122°) , Hung, Drawn and Quartered (distance = 219 m bearing 40°) , Jamaica Wine House (distance = 474 m bearing 302°) , Red Lion (distance = 339 m bearing 305°) , Ship, The (distance = 264 m bearing 302°) , Simpsons (distance = 492 m bearing 302°) , Skinner (distance = 417 m bearing 31°) , The Pump House (distance = 319 m bearing 34°) , The Ship (distance = 312 m bearing 33°) , The Tiger Tavern (distance = 357 m bearing 147°) , The Weatherspoon (distance = 468 m bearing 56°) , Walrus and Carpenter (distance = 100 m bearing 302°) , Wine Lodge (distance = 302 m bearing 31°) , Ye Olde Wine Shades (distance = 319 m bearing 315°)

Shops in the area

Leadenhall (distance = 444 m bearing 31°)

Nearby sights

Dark House Wharf (distance = 86 m bearing 326°) , George Yard - Barclays Bank (distance = 432 m bearing 303°) , Hays Wharf (distance = 299 m bearing 218°) , St Olaf House (distance = 287 m bearing 217°) , Tower Place (distance = 328 m bearing 57°) , Trinity Square 10 (distance = 444 m bearing 53°) , Winchester House (distance = 325 m bearing 322°) , All Hallows by the Tower (distance = 386 m bearing 56°) , Southwark Cathedral (distance = 480 m bearing 226°) , St Clement Eastcheap (distance = 322 m bearing 308°) , St Dunstan in the East (distance = 156 m bearing 45°) , St Edmund the King (distance = 432 m bearing 304°) , St Magnus the Martyr (distance = 127 m bearing 323°) , St Margaret Pattens (distance = 242 m bearing 34°) , St Martin Orgar (distance = 314 m bearing 316°) , St Mary Abchurch (distance = 432 m bearing 312°) , St Mary at Hill (distance = 150 m bearing 31°) , St Michael Cornhill (distance = 483 m bearing 302°) , St Olave (distance = 363 m bearing 49°) , St Peter upon Cornhill (distance = 488 m bearing 301°) , Belfast, HMS (distance = 326 m bearing 132°) , St. Mary Overy's Dock - The Golden Hinde (distance = 474 m bearing 231°) , City Hall (distance = 486 m bearing 131°) , Custom House (distance = 112 m bearing 57°) , Fishmongers Hall (distance = 268 m bearing 326°) , Glaziers Hall (distance = 412 m bearing 229°) , Lloyds (distance = 471 m bearing 32°) , London Underwriter Centre - Minster Court (distance = 268 m bearing 47°) , Leadenhall Market (distance = 445 m bearing 31°) , London Stone (distance = 484 m bearing 316°) , The Monument (distance = 190 m bearing 311°) , Pepys, Samual (distance = 394 m bearing 53°) , Hay's Galleria (distance = 315 m bearing 122°) , Laurence Pountney Hill (distance = 389 m bearing 318°) , London Bridge City (distance = 332 m bearing 221°) , St Michaels Alley (distance = 462 m bearing 302°) , London Bridge (distance = 260 m bearing 233°) , Thames - Upper Pool (distance = 290 m bearing 135°)

Nearby Neighbours (Plaques)

CLAYTON, Reverend P.T.B. Tubby (1885-1972), (distance = 419 m bearing 55°)

Notorious sights in the area

Execution Site - Tower Hill (distance = 482 m bearing 56°) , Great Fire Of London - Disaster (distance = 170 m bearing 304°) , London Bridge - Disaster (distance = 257 m bearing 232°) , Mr Lloyds coffee house (distance = 279 m bearing 53°) , Tower Hill - Disaster (distance = 482 m bearing 56°) , Tower Street Explosion (distance = 279 m bearing 53°) , Walsingham, Sir Francis (1532-1590) - Spys (distance = 376 m bearing 51°)

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