Meat Inspector's Office, London

Architect	Corporation Engineers Department
Date Built	1930
Location	Smithfield Market, Charterhouse Street
Description
This Grade II Listed former Meat Inspector's Office is located on Charterhouse Street across from the main Smithfield Market. English Heritage listed the building because it, "has special architectural interest as a municipal office building of 1930 with a well composed Portland stone facade with Art Deco influences and an impressive livestock frieze by the London firm of architectural sculptors, H.H. Martyn and Co." "At the top of the building are the relief panels with a parade of livestock, including sheep, cows, rams and lambs walking straight ahead, as if being led to the market. Their faces are solemn and proud. The central bay carries the crest of the Corporation of London. The stone is nicely dressed, and there are large voussoirs lintels."