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Corn Exchange
A corn exchange is a building where merchants trade grains. The word "corn" in British English denotes all cereal grains, such as wheat and barley; in the United States these buildings were called grain exchanges. Such trade was common in towns and cities across the British Isles until the 19th century, but as the trade became centralised in the 20th century many such buildings were used for other purposes. Several have since become historical landmarks. In the United States, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange is still used to manage the Commodities exchange, commodities and futures exchange of grain products. History in England Corn exchanges were initially held as open markets normally controlled by the town or city authorities. Dedicated corn exchanges start appearing in the earlier part of the 18th century, increasing greatly following the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. They declined after the Great Depression of British Agriculture in the late 19th century. List of corn exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exchange Bristol At Dusk
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Cornhill Corn Exchange, Banbury
The Cornhill Corn Exchange was a commercial building in the Market Place, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The façade of the building, which has been preserved and now forms an entrance to a shopping centre, is a Grade II listed building. History In the early 1850s, a group of local businessmen formed the Banbury Corn Exchange Company, to finance and commission a corn exchange for the town. The site they selected was in the northeast corner of the Market Place in an area known as Cornhill. The group received political support from the Conservative councillors and their building was financed by Gilletts Bank. The new building was designed by William Hill of Leeds, built by Messrs Kimberly of Banbury in ashlar stone and was officially opened on 3 September 1857. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto the Market Place. The central section of the three bays featured tall round headed openings with architraves and keystones on the ground floor, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Abbeygate Street in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The structure, which is currently used as a public house, is a Grade II listed building. History The first corn exchange in the town was on the ground floor of the old Market Cross in Cornhill which dated from 1584. The second corn exchange was designed by Benjamin Backson, built in ashlar stone and was completed, just to the south of the Market Cross, in 1836. By the mid-19th century, the second corn exchange became inadequate, and civic leaders decided to commission a new corn exchange on the site of the old Shambles, just to the south of the second building. The foundation stone for the current building was laid by the mayor, William Henry Rushbrooke, on 18 June 1861. It was designed by Ellis and Woodard of Fenchurch Street in London in the neoclassical style, built by Lot Jackaman in ashlar stone at a cost of £7,000 and was officially opened by the then-mayor, Charles Beard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exchange, Bristol
The Exchange is a Grade I listed building built in 1741–43 by John Wood the Elder, on Corn Street, near the junction with Broad Street in Bristol, England. It was previously used as a corn and general trade exchange but is now used as offices and it also accommodates St Nicholas Market. The Exchange underwent major building work in 1872, including roofing over the courtyard, and again in the early 1900s when the City Valuer's Department moved to the building. Since World War II the external clock tower has been removed and the roof lowered. Outside the building are four bronze tables dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, known as "nails," at which merchants carried out their business. At the front of the building is a clock showing both Greenwich Mean Time and "local time". History The Exchange was built in 1741–43 by John Wood the Elder, with carvings by Thomas Paty. Wood was also the architect of the Liverpool Exchange, which was completed in 1754 and gutted b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton Dome
The Brighton Dome is an arts venue in Brighton, England, that contains the Concert Hall, the Corn exchange, Corn Exchange and the Studio Theatre (Brighton), Studio Theatre (formerly the Pavilion Theatre). All three venues are linked to the rest of the Royal Pavilion Estate by a tunnel to the Royal Pavilion in Pavilion Gardens and through shared corridors to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton Museum. The Brighton Dome is a Grade I listed building. History Design and construction The Stables (now the Concert Hall) and the Riding School (now the Corn Exchange) were commissioned by the George IV, Prince Regent to the designs of William Porden in the early 19th century. Concert Hall The Concert Hall was commissioned as the Prince Regent's stables and was intended to hold 44 horses in a circular stable arrangement with space for the groomsmen on the balcony level above. The design was based on the Halle au ble (Paris), Halle au Ble in Paris which had been built in 1782. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn Exchange, Bridgwater
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Cornhill, Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The structure, which is now used as a chain restaurant, is a Grade I listed building. History As early as the 14th century, there was a shambles for the sale of farm products on Cornhill. In the late 18th century, local merchants decided to commission a purpose-built "corn market": this was a rectangular structure built in brick and completed in 1791. After the north and south sides of the corn market were demolished to facilitate road widening in 1825, the building was remodelled, to a design by John Bowen in the neoclassical style, and encased in ashlar stone in 1834. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays onto Cornhill. The central bay featured a prominent circular portico formed by a colonnade of Ionic order columns supporting an entablature, a cornice, and a parapet. The portico was surmounted by a drum-shaped structure, with panels decorated by paterae, topped by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn Exchange, Bourne
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Abbey Road in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. The structure is currently used as a community events venue. History In early 1870, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company, to be known as the "Bourne Public Hall and Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a purpose-built corn exchange for the town. The site they selected, on the northeast side of Abbey Road, was leased to the proprietors of an old post office. The lord of the manor, William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter, whose seat was at Burghley House, agreed to make the freehold interest in the site available to the directors of the new company on favourable terms. The building was designed by Charles Bell in the Italianate style, built by Robert Young of Lincoln in red brick with stone dressings at a cost of £2,000 and was officially opened on 13 October 1870. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of four bays facing onto Abbey Road. The ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blandford Forum Town Hall
Blandford Forum Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The 18th-century structure, which was the meeting place of Blandford Forum Borough Council, is a Grade I listed building. History The first town hall in Blandford Forum was a medieval structure in the middle of the Market Place; after it became very dilapidated, it was demolished and replaced by a second town hall which was erected under the direction of a local merchant, John Pitt, at a cost of £197 in 1593. It was a modest rectangular building which incorporated a lock-up for petty criminals. A major fire destroyed the greater part of Blandford, including the old town hall, on 4 June 1731. The local architects and civic leaders, John and William Bastard, decided to take the opportunity to remodel the Market Place, to replace the town hall and the grammar school and to rebuild the Church of St Peter and St Paul. The site they chose for the new town hall was slightly to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn Exchange, Bishop's Stortford
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Market Square in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. The structure, which is currently used to accommodate shops and offices, is a Grade II listed building. History In the early 1820s, a group of local businessmen decided to form a private company to finance and commission a corn exchange for the town. The site they selected in the Market Square was occupied by the King's Head Inn which dated from 1680. The new building was designed by Lewis Vulliamy in the Greek Revival style, built in Roman concrete and completed in 1828. The main structure was erected above a podium which projected to the north and south. The north end of the podium, which was circular, provided access to the main trading floor through a small porch, which was surmounted by a statue of the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceres. Set back, high above the podium, there was a tetrastyle portico ''in antis'', formed by Ionic order columns supporting an ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn Exchange, Beverley
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Saturday Market, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange and is now used as a department store, is a Grade II listed building. History The site occupied by the corn exchange was formerly an open meat market from the 14th century. A butchers' shambles, designed by Samuel Smith, was erected on the site in 1753. Part of it was converted into a corn exchange in 1825, and another part of it was converted into a butter market in 1834, but, in the early 1880s, Beverley Corporation decided to commission a new structure on the same site. The current structure was designed by Samuel Musgrave in the Italianate style, built in red brick and terracotta and was completed in 1886. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto the Saturday Market. The central bay featured two round headed openings with architraves and keystones flanked by Doric order pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn Exchange, Berwick-upon-Tweed
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Sandgate, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. The structure, which is now used as an apartment block, is a Grade II listed building. History In the mid-19th century, a group of local businessmen decided to form a private company, known as the "Berwick Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a purpose-built corn exchange for the town. The site that they selected was on the east side of Sandgate. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the chairman of the development committee, Robert Ramsay, on 27 June 1857. It was designed by John Johnstone (architect), John Johnstone of Newcastle upon Tyne in the Italianate architecture, Italianate style, built by Matthew Reed of Newcastle upon Tyne in ashlar stone at a cost of £5,000, and was officially opened with a public dinner on 28 June 1858. The original design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of eight bays facing onto the Sandgate, with the first thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedford Corn Exchange
The Corn Exchange is an events and concert venue located on St Paul's Square in the Castle area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange, is a Grade II listed building. History In the mid-1840s, a group of local businessmen decided to form a private company, known as the "Bedford Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a corn exchange for the town. The first corn exchange in Bedford, later referred to as the "Floral Hall", was located in the north-east corner of St Paul's Square and was opened on 1 May 1850. By the early 1870s, it was considered too small, and civic officials decided to commission a larger building. The company that had commissioned the first corn exchange was wound up at that time. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper, on 21 October 1872. It was designed by John Ladds and William Powell in the Italianate style, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
