Postcard 1902 Bradford-on-Avon Town Hall Wiltshire Wrench Series UB For Sale

Bradford-on-Avon\'s ornate Victorian Town Hall commands the frame in this crisp Edwardian street scene — its octagonal lantern tower and elaborate Baroque doorway photographed with sharp clarity by the renowned Wrench Series, who printed their cards in Saxony to achieve the era\'s finest halftone reproduction. The building, completed in 1855 to designs combining Gothic and Classical motifs, still stands today, though the quiet street scene here — devoid of motor cars — fixes this image firmly in the last years of Victoria\'s reign or the very earliest Edwardian era. Published by James Randall, stationer of Bradford-on-Avon, this undivided-back card predates the 1902 GPO rule change allowing messages on the address side, making it among the earliest picture postcards of this subject.

SKU: PC-00118