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Norfolk Market Hall interior, prior to demolition

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Norfolk Market Hall interior, prior to demolition
Sheffield_City_Centre
1959
1940-1959
Market Superintendent

Erected by Henry Charles, 13th Duke of Norfolk, at a cost of on the site of the late Tontine Inn. Opened Christmas Eve, 1851. Constructed of brick, with stone basement, quoins and dressings, in classic style. The west front was rebuilt 1904-5 with shops opening on to the Haymarket. Demolished 1959. In the centre was a fountain of Green Moor stone. The sides and ends of the market were divided into about fifty shops. Double ranges of stalls ran down the centre, so the market was divided into four avenues.

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