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As of May 2025 Trinity Arcade in Perth was the only arcade left in Western Australia’s capital with any original features still remaining. The other half dozen vintage arcades have either been modernised or, in the case of the oldest 19th century arcade, subsumed in a modern-day shoe shop and pub, with just the façade…
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The entrance to Duke Street Arcade in Cardiff is in a prime location directly opposite the magnificent walls of Cardiff Castle. Cardiff’s only Edwardian arcade is actually a short arm shooting off from the longer High St Arcade (which will receive a separate entry on An Arcades Project). The arcade was home to two main…
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This arcade in Accrington was originally part of the local Post Office. Built in 1896, it was for some years called the Post Office Arcade. Furniture now fills what was once the Post Office at the Church Street end. The arcade has beautiful original shop fronts, with lead light windows, green and bronze tiling on…
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Preston’s Miller Arcade is almost cathedral-like in its magnificent high ceilings and walkways that cross like a transept and nave. The tiled entrance to the former Crown Hotel is still visible, as is the ornate lettering over the old way in to the Turkish Baths, also now long gone. Mr Miller, the local dentist who…