Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds
Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds | |
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Location | Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds |
Coordinates | 52°14′42″N 0°42′44″E / 52.2449°N 0.7123°E |
Built | 1862 |
Architect | Ellis and Woodard |
Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical style |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Corn Exchange |
Designated | 7 August 1952 |
Reference no. | 1076928 |
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Abbeygate Street in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The structure, which is currently used as a public house, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The first corn exchange in the town was on the ground floor of the old Market Cross in Cornhill which dated from 1584. The second corn exchange was designed by Benjamin Backson, built in ashlar stone and was completed, just to the south of the Market Cross, in 1836.[2][3][a] By the mid-19th century, the second corn exchange became inadequate, and civic leaders decided to commission a new corn exchange on the site of the old Shambles, just to the south of the second building.[1]
The foundation stone for the current building was laid by the mayor, William Henry Rushbrooke, on 18 June 1861. It was designed by Ellis and Woodard of
The use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the
A major programme of refurbishment works, commissioned by Wetherspoons at a cost of £1.4 million and intended to allow the first floor to be used as a public house,[12] started on site in 2011.[13][14] After completion of the works, which involved the restoration of many of the original features including the entrance hall and main staircase, the building re-opened on 5 June 2012.[15] [16]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b Historic England. "Corn Exchange (1076928)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Tymms, Samuel (1859). A Hand Book of Bury St. Edmunds, in the County of Suffolk. F. Lancaster. p. 55.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Former Public Library (1076929)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b Tymms, Samuel (1855). A handbook of Bury St. Edmund's. F. T. Groom. p. 92.
- ISBN 978-0300096484.
- ISBN 978-1136581182.
- ^ "Historian pens book about iconic Bury St Edmunds building". Suffolk News. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "1972". Slade in England. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Slade". Setlist. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "The Clash's 1978 visit to Bury St Edmunds to be recreated at The Apex 40 years on". East Anglia Times. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "History". Bury Sound. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Wetherspoon pub chain leases Bury St Edmunds Corn Exchange". BBC News. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "The Corn Exchange Wetherspoons". Visit Bury St Edmunds. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Bury St Edmunds Corn Exchange branded 'poshest' Wetherspoon pub in the UK". Suffolk News. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ISBN 978-1445617879.
- ^ "Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds". Wetherspoons. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
Further reading
- Orbell, John (2017). A Handsome and Substantial Building…A History of Bury St Edmunds Corn Exchange. Taylor's End Press. ISBN 978-0956611123.