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SO 8376
1/89

VICAR STREET (west side)
Public Rooms including the Corn Exchange

(Formerly listed as The Corn Exchange)

GV
II

1853, by Bidlake and Lovall. District Council premises; formerly corn exchange, music hall and public rooms. Two storeys in brick with stone dressings. Paired giant pilasters at ends and triple ones flank centre. Ground floor in channelled rustication. The first floor has three windows with cornices on consoles, the centre one having a segmental pediment, stone balconies. Centre pediment with town arms, and parapet with inset iron grilles. Dentil cornice on brackets. Round-headed doorway and double door. A bell tower to the left and a one-storey section to the corner.

Listing NGR: SO8317076556

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26392154

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)