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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]
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.
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.
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Silver Line Theatre Exchange, 211 N. Lewis St., Staunton "Art" runs three weekends in July, on Fridays and Saturdays: July 12-13; 19-20; and 26-27.
In 2019 the guildhall was declared the priority project of the Town Deal for King's Lynn [10] and a development plan for the area was finalised. [11] [12] On 5 January each year, the theatre commemorates the anniversary of the first recorded performance there in 1445. [13] [14] In 2022 Tim FitzHigham was made Creative Director for the site. [15]
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