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Frank Tory's first commission in Sheffield, the Corn Exchange (1881) is no longer standing, it was gutted by fire in 1947 and demolished in 1964. It was an imposing building near the site of the present day Park Square roundabout, it had much stone dressing including 20 carved stone heraldic shields around the walls bearing the arms of the ...
Sheffield, Corn Exchange, Broad Street. Built for the Duke of Norfolk at a cost of £55,000 in 1881. The architect was probably Matthew Ellison Hadfield and the building was decorated with carvings by Frank Tory. The central hall of the corn exchange was gutted by fire in 1947 and the offices surrounding it were demolished in 1964. [156]
The Exchange in Bristol Corn Exchange, London circa 1809. 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.
The interior of the Corn Exchange in 2011. The first corn exchange in Doncaster was a structure erected by Onions, Wheelhouse & Co at a cost of £900 and completed in 1844: it was a simple two-bay structure with iron columns supporting some girders and a pitched roof. [2]
In the 1930s, a modern corn exchange, designed by Charles Smith and Son, was erected adjacent to the Cattle Market in Great Knollys Street and the old corn exchange in the Market Place was increasingly used as a roller-skating rink. The building was requisitioned for military use during the Second World War and 600,000 sandbags were stored ...
Following the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, local leaders decided to commission a purpose-built corn exchange. The new building was designed by John Bunn of Norwich in the neoclassical style, built with a stucco finish and was completed in 1849. [3] [4] The design
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The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Conduit Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. The structure, which is used as a series of shops on the ground floor and as a restaurant on the first floor, is a Grade II listed building .