PLANNERS have approve the replacement of a shop frontage of one of Bradford’s most iconic buildings, including an “awkward” door.
Bradford Council had received a planning application for a new shop frontage on an empty unit of the Grade I listed Wool Exchange, which was built in the 1860s.
Submitted by a Mr Esterkin earlier this year, the application said the existing door is “awkward and does not facilitate easy entrance and egress front the unit.”
New jobs served up at coffee shop in listed Wool ExchangeThe only entrance to the unit is through an unusually angled door.
The unit, formerly Panini Shack, is on the Bank Street frontage of the building, and is currently empty.
The application has now been approved, with officers saying the plans “propose to repair and restore the existing shopfront whilst changing the angle of the doorway to make it more practical.”
The grand city centre building was designed by local architects Lockwood and Mawson. The foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, who some believe to be one of the country's best Prime Ministers.
The building is home to businesses including Waterstones book store, Exchange Ale House and Tiffin Coffee.
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