Grimsby Town Hall, Hull Corn Exchange, Bellamy and Hardy was 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.
[3] This architectural practice were the designers of a large number of buildings in Lincolnshire and more widely within the British Isles.
[4] Pearson Bellamy completed his articles with Nicholson and then worked as an assistant to architects in Manchester and Liverpool.
[8] John Spence Hardy had also left Nicholson's practice and by 1848 he was working with the York architect Richard Hey Sharp.
[10] In 1851 Pearson Bellamy was living in Melville Street, Lincoln, but probably moved to Carholme Terrace later in that year and was recorded there in 1856.
Pearson Bellamy designed many houses in Louth, particularly near Linden Walk, Newmarket and Lee Street.
[130] Bellamy and Hardy were very involved in the suburban development on the edge of the historic core of Lincoln which took place in the second half of the 19th.
The main areas that were developed by Bellamy and Hardy were in Newland, Newland Street West, Orchard Street and lower part of Yarborourgh Road on the western side of Lincoln; houses in Sewell Road and Lindum Terrace in the north-east and St Catherine's and South Park on the southern side.
The Lincolnshire Chronicle does refer to three houses in Lower Burgess Street being built to Bellamy’s designs, but these appear to have been demolished.
These are two storey, red brick, with blue slate roofs with iron cresting, cornice gutters with modillions.
The roofs have a row of distinctive oculus dormer windows, which are borrowed from mid-19th century French Beaux-Arts architecture.
The provision of cemeteries by Town Councils which were separate from churchyards, largely came about as a result of the Burial Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict c 87).
Bellamy and Hardy developed an expertise in cemetery design and layout for which they were awarded contracts in various parts of midland England.
The vicar of Louth objected to this arrangement as he would have to step outside the chapel onto unconsecrated roadway to greet the funeral cortege.
Eventually the chapel and a surrounding area for Anglican burials was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln in December 1855.
The Jolly Brewer, Broadgate – next to Bellamy and Hardy's Office site
Boston, Lincs. Corn Exchange
The Atheneum, Boston, Lincolnshire
Town Hall, Grimsby
Grimsby Town Hall
Grimsby Corn Exchange 1862
Horncastle War Memorial Hospital -former Dispensary 1866
Museum Entrance – Hull Museum, former Corn Exchange