Posted on: 31/10/09

The Wool Exchange, Bradford
New atmospheric lighting will be installed at Bradford’s 19th Century Wool Exchange to illuminate the grade I listed building and display its architecture.
Bradford Council’s landscape design unit and design and conservation team is working with English Heritage on the Lighting the City project to transform the Venetian Gothic-inspired building into a night-time feature.
The work costing £30,000 will be carried out by lighting specialist Vallectric and will see the clock tower lit from the inside to illuminate its features while strips of LED lights will be fitted discreetly along the parapets and archways to highlight the detail of the masonry.
Work will take place on Sundays to limit disruption with work starting at the beginning of November and expected to finish by the end of the month.
The Council’s executive member for environment and culture, Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, said:
“The Wool Exchange is one of Bradford’s most spectacular pieces of architecture built to symbolise the wealth and importance wool brought to the city. The lighting will illuminate some of the Wool Exchange’s most striking features such as the clock tower, the archways and the stone detail, which will become a fantastic addition to Bradford’s skyline.”
The Wool Exchange was designed by Bradford architects Lockwood and Mawson and was completed in 1867.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
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