The building at 19-23 Bridge Street was erected in 1865 as a purpose-built canal warehouse with shops and offices on the ground floor. It was built for Thomas Frederick Pogson of Horncastle, a butcher and wool dealer, and the landlord of the adjacent Fighting Cocks Inn. The building was designed by Bellamy and Hardy of Lincoln, who went on to design the Horncastle Dispensary (later the War Memorial Hospital) in 1866 (see MLI93698) and the Punch House in 1868 (see MLI92143). The warehouse was built by local builders Pike, Wright and Charles Carter for the sum of £798. The canal closed in 1889, and around the end of the 19th century the signage on the warehouse at 19-23 Bridge Street advertised Alfred Cammack’s cycle agency and repairs. At this time the building featured a timber lucarne window to the first and second floor of the east elevation. This had been removed by the mid 20th century by which time the warehouse featured signage for ‘Francis Wiley Ltd, Wool Merchants, Bradford’ which remained on the building until at least 1966. The building was occupied by furniture dealers, A Hare and Sons, from around 1970 until they ceased trading in 2022. The building sits on a wedge-shaped site between the canal and Bridge Street, and is constructed of red brick with buff brick and stone dressings, under a pitched concrete tile roof. The building is of six bays, set over three storeys defined by string courses, and curved north-east and north-west corner bays. The principal elevation faces Bridge Street where the ground floor is divided into two units, each with their own entrances and shop fronts. The curved corner bays are slightly recessed, both having painted signage advertising A Hare and Sons to the first floor, and a carved date stone dated 1865 flanked by buff brick panels to the second floor. It is understood that the upper floors are divided into two rooms, with the western unit on the ground floor further subdivided. A cast iron chimney piece is understood to survive to the ground floor, and the longitudinal beams to the ground and first floors are supported on cast iron pillars. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {1}