page_title: Bellamy and Hardy
section_title: Louth
hierarchical_section_title: Bellamy and Hardy / Architectural work / Public and commercial buildings / Louth
caption_attribution_description: English: Louth Corn Exchange from the Illustrated London News, 7 January 1854.
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: Louth Town Hall, Eastgate 1853–1854. A massive building in Italian Palazzo style. Three storeys high and seven bays long. The entrance has paired Ionic capitals with a balcony above. Above this are cornices with a finialled balustrade. The columns and door surrounds are of Caen Stone.
  Corn Exchange, Market Place.  By Pearson Bellamy 1853–1855. Described by Pevsner in 1964 as wonderfully decayed with its facade looking like a rotting cadaver.  Italianate, with a statue of Ceres in the middle. It was demolished in 1981 as the stone facade had reached an advanced state of decay.
  The Mansion House, Louth,  while generally considered to be mid-18th century  was extensively remodeled by Bellamy and Hardy  in 1853. The Lincolnshire Chronicle records The interior of  the Mansion-house being at present scaffolded, in consequence of the alterations, it would be premature to give an opinion on the probable appearance of the building with the new lights in the roof. The public may be satisfied, however, that it will not be unworthy of its designers, Messrs. Bellamy and Hardy, the architects, under whose superintendence the work is being carried out. William Brown recorded the Mansion House, which at that time was the Louth Mechanics Institute, was entirely new faced, the work being undertaken by John Dales, presumably the contractor for the work. A lantern tower was also added to the roof .
caption: Louth Corn Exchange from the Illustrated London News, 7 January 1854.
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