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The Edinburgh Corn Exchange is a conference, banqueting, wedding, sports and live music venue in the

Chesser Chesser ( ) is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of the Water of Leith. It, with Longstone, is to the south-west, Allan Park and Craiglockhart to the south, Slateford, Hutchison and Moat to the east, and Gorgie Road to th ...

suburb of

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. The maximum dinner capacity is 1,000 guests and for concerts 3,000 spectators.

History

The building was erected in 1909 as a

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 exchange. Such trade was common in towns ...

, and was designed by the City Superintendent of Works, James A. Williamson. It is a category B

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. It was restored to its former glory by Marcos (a family run Edinburgh Business) and opened in 1992. It was restored for use as a venue in 1999. It was awarded with the ''Large venue of the year'' award two years in a row at the ''Scottish Event Awards'' 2011 and 2012. The neighbouring Corn Exchange Village has facilities such as ten pin bowling, 5-a-side and 7-a-side football pitches, and a sports bar.

References

Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M 1984 Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland)

External links

Edinburgh Corn Exchange
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