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Forrests Yard, WORKSOP, S80 1HX

These are all Listed Grade II. The two nearer buildings are: 132/132a Bridge Street, mid 18th century house of 5 bays with later shopfronts from either side of 1900; 130-126 Bridge Street, 4 bay house dated 1761, converted to retail use with modern shop front.

Compared with buildings down Bridge Street to the right, this group represents redevelopment from around 1900. The central building was originally a bank. All three are Listed Grade II, although that on the right only for group value.

The nearer building is a mid 18th century house dated 1760 later converted for retail use with 20th century shop front. The pillars flanking this may be original. Note the ghost writing between the first floor windows. Listed Grade II. The right hand building (122/120) is mid 19th century, built as commercial property. Listed Grade II for group value.

Town Hall on the left

The Town Hall, formerly the Corn Exchange, is believed to have been designed - in Italian style - in 1851 by Isaac Charles Gilbert, a Nottingham architect. (In passing, during the mid-1860s Watson Fothergill, the well-known Nottingham architect worked for 18 months as an assistant to Isaac Charles Gilbert in Clinton Street, Nottingham). In the past, monthly County Court sessions were also held here and Magistrates’ Court sessions on alternate Wednesdays. The local Board of Health meetings were held here too. The building changed from being the Corn Exchange to the Town Hall in 1895 when the local Board of Health was replaced by the Worksop Urban District Council. At that time the top floor of the building contained a spacious assembly room that was used for the court sessions, but also for concerts, lectures, etc. At the rear of the building, a butchers’ shambles could once be found and the market was here held in front of the building until the opening of Queen’s Buildings in 1981. The front of the building (facing Potter Street, on the pedestrian's right) was renovated between 1983-85 during which time the town hall steps were removed, the front arches converted into windows and the main entrance to the new town hall was moved to the side of the building facing its courtyard/car park.

This 18th century 4 bay building has retained its traditional image better than most others of the same period in Bridge Street. Uniquely it retains the 19th century cast iron cresting to the fascia board. In most cases the remainder were removed during WW2 for scrap. Listed Grade II.

Historic buildings at the top of Bridge Street, Worksop.

The entrance to Worksop Market. Also showing the council offices.

This historic inn has unfortunately been out of use for some time. The extended bay on the corner is 20th century, but beyond this the building is a timber framed structure dating back to the 16th century, of which a number of internal features also survive. Listed Grade II*.