Bellamy and Hardy

A partnership between Pearson Bellamy (1822-1901) and John Spence Hardy (1814-1892) at Lincoln from 1853 to 1892. It was responsible for the design of a large number of buildings mostly in Lincolnshire and Eastern England, being especially well-known in connection with chapels, town halls, corn exchanges and cemeteries. One of their chief buildings was the Ipswich Town Hall, (a handsome erection). Their principal cemeteries included those at Leicester Road, Loughborough, (one of the prettiest in the kingdom), Stretford and Middlewich, while the corn exchanges at Louth, Lincoln, Grimsby, Spalding and Redford stand out as memorials of their skill in that direction. In addition to the Corn Exchange, their public buildings in Lincoln included the Penitent Females' Home, the Midland Counties (now Royal) Insurance Office, Silver Street Free Methodist Chapel, Newland Congregational Church, High Street and Hallgate Wesleyan Chapels. Following the dissolution of the partnership, upon the death of Hardy in 1892, Pearson Bellamy continued the practice alone until his retirement in 1896.

• Formation           11 June 1853
• Dissolved            1892 (death of Hardy)