page_title: Bellamy and Hardy
section_title: Shops and Commercial buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Bellamy and Hardy / Architectural work / Shops and Commercial buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: No 1, Market Place, Boston.
context_page_description: Bellamy and Hardy were an architectural practice in Lincoln, England, that specialised particularly in the design of public buildings and non-conformist chapels. Pearson Bellamy had established his own architectural practice by 1845 and he entered into a partnership with James Spence Hardy, in June 1853. Both partners had previously worked for the Lincoln architect William Adams Nicholson. Hardy was described as "Chief Clerk" to Nicholson. Hardy joined Pearson Bellamy immediately after the sudden death of Nicholson. As all known architectural drawings by the practice are signed Pearson Bellamy, it is likely that Bellamy was the architect and Hardy was the administrator in the practice. The partnership lasted until Hardy's death, which was probably in 1891 or 1892. After this Bellamy continued to practice until 1896
context_section_description: 189 High Street, Lincoln. Skipton Building Society. The Lincolnshire Chronicle on Friday 8 April 1853 records that Mr. Wm. Old, hatter, of the Highstreet, in Lincoln, has followed the example of his enterprising fellow-townsmen, in putting a handsome new plate-glass window into his shop. The new front, which presents a very imposing appearance, and is much admired, is from a design of Mr. Pearson Bellamy, architect, and is tastefully executed in its details by the workmen of Mr. C. Ward. Mr Old's shop was at 189 High street  and the frontage still survives. Brick, three storeys, stucco rustication and stringband. The two upper storeys each have a central tri-part window. The upper tri-part window is arched in a typical Bellamy style. At street level there is a replacement sectional plate glass window below a cornice with double corbel brackets to the side of the cornice and fascia.
  59 and 61 Eastgate, Louth, Lincolnshire.  In December 1858 the Stamford Mercury reports A noble Improvement has been effected in Eastgate by the erection by Mr. Swaby of two elegant shops, one of them occupied by him and the other by Mr. Rd. Snowden, and designed by and built under the direction of Messrs. Bellamy and Hardy, architects, of Lincoln and Louth, to whose talent and correct architectural taste the Midland counties, some of the Yorkshire towns, and this town in particular, are indebted for so many fine buildings, noble specimens of architecture. These two buildings appear to be 59 and 61 (Argos), the latter being in typical Pearson Bellamy's Venetian style. Pevsner remarks: No 61 of 1851 stands above the rest, Italianate, with an extravagant display of stucco decoration. The construction date of 61 Eastgate is confirmed by an advertisement in the  Stamford Mercury in January 1851 for a tender for work on the premises 'lately in the occupation of Mr. Batterham, draper, such Additions, Alterations, and Repairs to the House, together with New Shop Front, and Plate-glass Windows'. William Brown described it as a lofty and capacious building 40 feet high, costing several thousand pounds. It then became Anselm Odling's drapery depot.
  No.39 Market Place Hull.(1860)  Messrs Jennibon & Sons drapers shop was re-built to designs by Bellamy and Hardy.
  Guildhall Street Lincoln. In April 1860 Bellamy and Hardy advertised for PERSONS willing TENDER for Works required to be done in the ERECTION and COMPLETION of additional WAREHOUSE, CELLARS, and SAMPLE-ROOM to Premises belonging to Mr. Robert Dawber, merchant to the above street,. This probable refers to the Cheltenham Arms, 14/15 Guildhall Street, (now the William Foster), although Dawbers also had offices on the opposite side of the street. Dawbers' public house were sold to Mowbray & Sons in 1905 and the Chelten Arms was re-fashioned by Mortimer & .Son in 1907
  No1 Market Place, Boston, Lincolnshire. (1861) Four-storey shop with arched windows. Contrasting red and yellowish brickwork. Designed by Bellamy for J Morton printers  in 1861.
  The Punch House, 17 High Street (Market Place), Horncastle. (1868). A remarkable curved building which Pevsner describes as quasi-Italian Gothic. It was built on the site of the Old Vicarage as shops and dwellings  It was later a public house. It makes extensive use of artificial stone, probably made by Fambrini & Daniels of Lincoln.  which is inlaid with reddish scrollwork. It is Grade II listed. It is built using yellow gault or stock bricks. Two storeys with continuous curved front from west running round to south.  eight bay front with red brick ashlar dressed plinth, ornate first floor band with red brick and ashlar, the latter with continuous inlaid foliate scrolls. North east corner curved with central doorway with flanking ashlar columns with foliate capitals, semi-circular head, plain fanlight and moulded ashlar head with hood mould, label stops and ornate raised keystone and double panelled doors.
  12 Sincil Street, Lincoln. (1870). The Willow Pattern Public House.  Prominent Oriel window.
  Lincoln Co-operative Central Building, Silver Street, Lincoln. Bui
caption: No 1, Market Place, Boston, 1861
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