The Grade 1 Edwardian market hall in Leeds has been renovated and restored with the first of the inappropriate shop fronts removed and replaced. Kirkgate market is said to the largest covered market in Europe and was where Marks and Spencer’s stall started.
Old photographs and drawings showed that the shops originally had canopies although these were not of a unified design. A new standard design of canopy was agreed based on cues from the photographic evidence and general style of the period.
The renovation has earnt the commendation of the West Yorkshire Group of the Victorian Society:
https://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/regional-news/kirkgate-market-leeds/