'Magnificent civic building' recognised with upgraded listed status
Bedford Shire Hall, beside the River Great Ouse, was designed in 1878 by architect Alfred Waterhouse.
Source: independent.co.uk
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Bedford Shire Hall, beside the River Great Ouse, was designed in 1878 by architect Alfred Waterhouse.
From Euston Arch (above) and the Coal Exchange to Birmingham Central Library and Sunderland Town Hall, hundreds of Victorian buildings were torn down after the Second World War.
Alfred Waterhouse’s greatest building may have been demolished but, thankfully, his other masterpieces can still be found across the nation