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In the mid-19th century, the civic leaders in King's Lynn decided to commission a purpose-built corn exchange: the site they selected had been occupied by Angel Inn in the 18th century and then by a market house, with butchers' stalls on the ground floor and a concert hall on the first floor, from 1834. [4]
King's Lynn Corn Exchange: King's Lynn 1854 733 King's Hall: Herne Bay, Kent: 4 April 1904 250–500 The King's Theatre Newmarket 1955 123 Newmarket Operatic Musical And Dramatic Society Ltd (NOMADS) Kings Theatre, Southsea: Portsmouth/Southsea 30 September 1907 1,600
Corn Exchange, King's Lynn, 1854. King's Lynn Corn Exchange, Tuesday Market Place. (1854). By Cruso and Maberley, architects working in London and King's Lynn. Described by Pevsner and Wilson as "jolly and vulgar"; they compare it with other Baroque Corn exchanges such as Newark and Sudbury.
The Grade II listed facade of King's Lynn Corn Exchange, originally built in 1854, is a testimony to the glory of Victorian architecture. The hall itself is a simple brick rectangle with a glazed roof supported by delicate wrought-iron trusses.
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King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, [2] is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Peterborough , 44 miles (71 km) north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich .
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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.