Wool Exchange, Bradford

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The Wool Exchange Building in Bradford was built between 1864 and 1867. There was a competion to design the building and it was won by the local architects Lockwood and Mawson. The foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston. The architectural style employed is Venetian Gothic with some Flemish influence in the tower. The building has not been used for trading wool since the 1960s. Waterstone's uses the ground floor area for book sales. The best views of the interior are available from the Starbucks coffee shop on the mezzanine floor. The exterior has sculptures of various heroes of the textile industry such as Joseph Marie Jacquard and also explorers and politicians.

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