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Corn Hall, Cirencester
The Corn Hall is a commercial building in the Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. The structure, which is used as a shopping arcade and community events venue, 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 "Corn Hall Company", to finance and commission a corn exchange for the town. The site they selected, on the south side of the Market Place, was occupied by the Boothall, where wool trading had been conducted since the 16th century. The directors secured a 500-year lease over the site from the owner, Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst, whose seat was at Cirencester Park. The building was designed by James Medland and Alfred Maberly in the Italianate style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1863. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto the Market Place. The central bay featured a segmentally-headed opening with a hood mould an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirencester
Cirencester ( , ; see #Pronunciation, below for more variations) is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. It is the List of settlements in Gloucestershire by population, eighth largest settlement in Gloucestershire and the largest town within the Cotswolds. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town had a population of 20,229 in 2021. The town is northwest of Swindon, southeast of Gloucester, west of Oxford and northeast of Bristol. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the ''Dobunni'', having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150. The town's Corinium Museum has an extensive Roman Britain, Roman collection. Cirences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Forsyth (sculptor)
James Forsyth (1827–1910) was a Scottish sculptor, best remembered for various fountains designed for William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817–1885) at Witley Court, Worcestershire, England, and in the town of Dudley. He was born in Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kelso, Scotland, a son of Adam Forsyth, a mason. Notable works Fountains, Witley Court Two immense fountains at Witley Court were designed by William Andrew Nesfield and executed by James Forsyth from his London based workshop. They survived the fire and subsequent despoliation of the house. The largest, the Perseus and Andromeda Fountain, has been restored to working order by English Heritage. Triumphal Arch Fountain, Dudley A Listed building, Grade II structure designed by James Forsyth in 1867 and presented to the town of Dudley by the William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, 1st Earl of Dudley. A triumphal arch ornamented with sculpture in the Flamboyant Italian Renaissance style, including heraldic dolphins and heraldic demi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
