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onwards. commonly used in Dudley from the 17th century century 17th the from Dudley in used commonly top of The Broadway. The of top the buildings composed of limestone, a material material a limestone, of composed buildings the parapet are both listed grade II and catch the eye at the the at eye the catch and II grade listed both are parapet our heritage trail heritage our grade II*. grade the central space and excavations in 2014 revealed revealed 2014 in excavations and space central the www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/planning/historic-environment 19th century, and Fellows Restaurant with its embattled embattled its with Restaurant Fellows and century, 19th by Thomas Archer. It is listed listed is It Archer. Thomas by Originally the Town Hall and small shops occupied occupied shops small and Hall Town the Originally For information about Dudley’s historic environment visit visit environment historic Dudley’s about information For The Gothic former Zoo offices, dating from the mid mid the from dating offices, Zoo former Gothic The architectural history along along history architectural and is thought to be designed designed be to thought is and days when Dudley was a country market town. town. market country a was Dudley when days in 1724 in the Palladian style style Palladian the in 1724 in FORMER Z FORMER OO OFFICES OO Tel: 0300 5552345 0300 Tel: A market has been regularly held here since Medieval Medieval since here held regularly been has market A Discover over 900 years of of years 900 over Discover through public subscription subscription public through 25 OW’S CLUB AND THE AND CLUB OW’S FELL 19 Dudley Council Plus, 259 Castle St, Dudley DY1 1LQ DY1 Dudley St, Castle 259 Plus, Council Dudley MARKET PLACE MARKET fire. The church was rebuilt rebuilt was church The fire. Further visitor information visit information visitor Further in order to clear their field of of field their clear to order in defenders of Dudley Castle, Castle, Dudley of defenders the Civil War by the Royalist Royalist the by War Civil the the same alignment same the was demolished in 1646 during during 1646 in demolished was 20th century Woolworth’s ‘house style’. ‘house Woolworth’s century 20th fragments of limestone walling from earlier cottages on on cottages earlier from walling limestone of fragments ulyoog dudleymbc DudleyBorough Dudley’s oldest church until it it until church oldest Dudley’s incorporating chevron patterns typical of the early early the of typical patterns chevron incorporating in brick in the mid 19th century, some still incorporate incorporate still some century, 19th mid the in brick in Church, St Edmund’s was was Edmund’s St Church, composition in streamlined Art Deco style, style, Deco Art streamlined in composition .org.uk discoverdudley www. visit remnant of Castle Street and although they were rebuilt rebuilt were they although and Street Castle of remnant Known locally as Bottom Bottom as locally Known the upper floors present a striking architectural architectural striking a present floors upper the Broadway represents a captured captured a represents Broadway Looking above the modern shopfront, note how how note shopfront, modern the above Looking 22 T EDMUND’S CHURCH EDMUND’S T S row of cottages at 6, 7 and 7a The The 7a and 7 6, at cottages of row 18 FORMER WOOLWORTH’S FORMER entrance gates. The grade II listed listed II grade The gates. entrance building a new boundary wall and and wall boundary new a building took them into the Castle grounds, grounds, Castle the into them took town itself and Lord Dudley then then Dudley Lord and itself town designs by A T Butler. T A by designs of both streets were cut off from the the from off cut were streets both of Hen and Chickens pub, rebuilt and extended in1932 to to in1932 extended and rebuilt pub, Chickens and Hen Street in 1839. The northern ends ends northern The 1839. in Street This building (currently Ladbrokes) was formerly the the formerly was Ladbrokes) (currently building This through to link Castle Street to Tower Tower to Street Castle link to through Downing Street and was first driven driven first was and Street Downing Dudley. AND NEW AND STREET The Broadway was originally originally was Broadway The the arable fields of Anglo Saxon Saxon Anglo of fields arable the 21 ORNER OF CASTLE STREET CASTLE OF ORNER C town was originally laid out over over out laid originally was town in Dudley borough Dudley in ADWAY BRO THE suggests the Norman planned planned Norman the suggests Witley Court, Worcestershire. Court, Witley NOS 6, NOS 7A AND 7 still exhibit this feature, which which feature, this exhibit still James Forsyth who sculpted the Perseus Fountain at at Fountain Perseus the sculpted who Forsyth James There’s lots to see and do and see to lots There’s the High Street and Market Place Place Market and Street High the 24 C OTTAGES AT OTTAGES sculpted in flamboyant Italian Renaissance style by by style Renaissance Italian flamboyant in sculpted of the property boundaries off off boundaries property the of fountain is listed grade II* and was designed and and designed was and II* grade listed is fountain and can still be followed through the precinct. the through followed be still can and strips in medieval fields. Most Most fields. medieval in strips to the people of Dudley by Countess Georgina. The The Georgina. Countess by Dudley of people the to street’s alignment was incorporated in the new design design new the in incorporated was alignment street’s teams of oxen to create individual individual create to oxen of teams flowed in 1867 when it was ceremonially presented presented ceremonially was it when 1867 in flowed construction of the Churchill Centre in the 1960s. The The 1960s. the in Centre Churchill the of construction HERITAGE TRAIL HERITAGE created when ploughing with with ploughing when created It was commissioned by the Earl of Dudley and first first and Dudley of Earl the by commissioned was It pedestal, itself on a stone base. stone a on itself pedestal, from this historic street mostly swept away by the the by away swept mostly street historic this from shape. This is typical of the curve curve the of typical is This shape. ARCH TECTURAL ARCH and is of marble standing on a granite granite a on standing marble of is and sign for ‘Hall Street’. This block is all that survives survives that all is block This Street’. ‘Hall for sign drunkenness by supplying fresh drinking water. water. drinking fresh supplying by drunkenness sinuously curving in a reversed ‘S’ ‘S’ reversed a in curving sinuously Dudley was designed by C B Birch Birch B C by designed was Dudley buildings on the corner and the cast iron enamelled enamelled iron cast the and corner the on buildings apart from being decorative, was to discourage discourage to was decorative, being from apart of a medieval burgage plot, plot, burgage medieval a of statue of the first hereditary Earl of of Earl hereditary first the of statue Note the Victorian red brick upper storeys of the the of storeys upper brick red Victorian the Note and replaced by the present fountain. Its purpose, purpose, Its fountain. present the by replaced and Place to King Street, the length length the Street, King to Place DUDLEY Erected in 1888, the grade II listed listed II grade the 1888, in Erected In 1860, the 17th century town hall was demolished demolished was hall town century 17th the 1860, In This passage runs from Market Market from runs passage This PLACE MARKET THE 16 23 20 17 DRINKING FOUNTAIN DRINKING EARL WITH JUNCTION STREET HALL ENTRY LONG OF DUDLEY’S STATUE DUDLEY’S OF INTRODUCTION 1 THE INHEDGE 5 FORMER HEAD POST OFFICE 8 ST THOMAS’S CHURCH (TOP CHURCH) 11 NO 1 AND 2 14 222A/223 HIGH STREET WOLVERHAMPTON STREET “Inhedge” is variously a medieval field name or else the Though built in 1909, this imposing sandstone-faced Founded in the 12th century and The elegant building (currently a branch of River “innidge” - the ditch outside the town walls. Whatever building is very much in the Classical manner. This originally dedicated to St Thomas FROM SAXON TIMES AS “DODD’S LEY” The 18th century first floor facades Island) dates from the early to mid 19th century its origin, the street still marks the transition between grade II listed building boasts a huge, off-centre A Becket, only the stone crypt of UP TO THE CIVIL WAR, DUDLEY HAS and later shop-fronts of the jeweller’s and is a good example of the architecture of medieval town (the narrow part of Wolverhampton pediment mounted on pilasters (columns attached the medieval church survived a shop and the Shrewsbury Arms pub, the period, thus is grade II listed. Note the CHANGED LITTLE. THE TOWN WAS Street) and country (wider part). to the wall) and a fine stone coat-of-arms. It also has complete late Georgian rebuilding. hide evidence of earlier timber-framed progressively reducing depth of window from the other features such as quoins (the raised blockwork at The present church, locally known LARGELY COMPOSED OF RURAL HALL buildings, similar to those which once grandly pedimented ones at first floor to the simple, In the 19th century it was the gardens associated with the corners) and parapet typical of the last as Top Church, was built in 1815-18 TYPE HOUSES, STRAGGLING FROM lined both sides of Wolverhampton square frames at third floor level.