Description

1.
1042 MARKET PLACE
(South West Side)

The Corn Exchange

ST 9961 2/130 9.4.54.

II GV

2.
Dated 1857, by W Hill of Leeds. Large single storey hall with Bath stone
front of 4 semi-engaged Corinthian columns and rusticated angle piers on
projecting plinth, supporting entablature and stone balustrade on high blocking
course, with stone urns at corners and central statue of Ceres on tall curved
base with moulded capping and swag and cartouche ornament. 2 semi-circular
headed windows and 3 eight-panel double doors in arched openings with 'mask'
keystones.2
Each door has carved medallion over. An imposing front.
The detail is well carved and the design of good quality for its period.
Good north side elevation, plinth and entablature returned, long range of
similar round headed windows, the end bays and the centre flanked by pilasters,
the parapet with urns repeated over each of these sections.

All the listed buildings on the South-West Side, South-East Side, Market Hall,
Market Cross and the Fountain form a group.

Also all the listed buildings on the South-West Side form a group with Nos
1 to 16 (consec) Northgate Street.

Listing NGR: SU0034261456

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Corn Exchange at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26542415

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)