EPW053130 ENGLAND (1937). The city centre, Bath, 1937

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Site of the Labour Exchange Listing Text 656/0/10028 MILK STREET 24-APR-02 Old Labour Exchange (Former Weights an d Measures Office) II Former Labour Exchange, Milk Street. C.1936, architect unknown. Bath stone facades, roof not seen. Now single storey. Five bay front to James Street West: central double doors within framed surround, 6/6 pane sash windows within aedicular surrounds. Rounded corners to sides, that at north-west badly damaged revealing inner structure. East return to Milk Street of eight bays, with framed doors at either end, inner four bays with arched windows, outer windows are 6/6 pane sashes. Right return is much damaged: three windows with metal mullions and transoms within aedicular surrounds, the central one showing extensive signs of fire damage above; later inserted window opening to first floor addition. HISTORY: this building was badly damaged during one of the two 'Baedeker Raids' on Bath in March 1942, in which 417 persons were killed and thousands of buildings badly damaged or lost. It is remarkable for bearing the clear evidence of shrapnel damage from high explosive bombs which were dropped just south of Kingsmead Square. The building is listed on account of the faade: the structure behind is of much lesser significance. SOURCES: 'Bath under Bombardment' (1942); Martin Wainwright, 'Blitz on Bath' (3rd ed. 1992); Niall Rothnie, 'The Baedeker Blitz' (1992). This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building. Source: English Heritage Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence. I believe this building to be one of the more important buildings in Bath because it still shows war damage on it's facade.

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