page_title: Bellamy and Hardy
section_title: Grimsby
hierarchical_section_title: Bellamy and Hardy / Architectural work / Public and commercial buildings / Grimsby
caption_attribution_description: English: Grimsby Corn Exchange 1862
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: Grimsby Town Hall 1861–1863.  Designed with John Giles of London.  The work was superintended by James Fowler of Louth. The Doughty Museum and Municipal Offices formed flanking pavilions to the Town Hall.  Yellow brick with yellow stone with Italianate details. Set with roundel portraits of the founding figures in Grimsby history; Archbishop Whitgift (born in the town's Old Market Place), Gervase Holles, (a Mayor in 1640, a Royalist, and a local historian), Edward III (who granted land to the town's freemen), and three more recent figures, the Earl of Yarborough, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Bellamy also used roundels as a decorative feature on Ipswich Town Hall.
  Grimsby Corn Exchange. Constructed of red brick and dressed stone. The plans were set in place by Grimsby Borough for the building project in 1855 and £6,000 was approved for the building, land and expenses. Bellamy and Hardy won the open competition for the design and were paid £150 to oversee the building's construction, which cost £3,429, with the balance of the £6,000 going to the previous owner of the site. A civic dinner was held on 6 March 1857 to mark the opening of the Corn Exchange. The building was demolished in 1960.
  The Mechanics Institute, Victoria Street, Grimsby. (1856). an edifice in of coloured brick, and stone, in the Italian style. Built at the cost of nearly £1,200.
caption: Grimsby Corn Exchange 1862
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