Leeds Corn Exchange [SEP] architect
Leeds Corn Exchange
The Leeds Corn Exchange is a Victorian building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which was completed in 1863. It is a grade I listed building.
History.
The Corn exchange was designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, a Hull architect best known for Leeds Town Hall, and built between 1861 and 1863. The dome design was based on that of the Bourse de commerce of Paris by François-Joseph Bélanger and François Brunet, completed in 1811. In the late 1980s Speciality Shops plc restored it
of Leeds.
- Hitchin. The corn exchange, 31 Market Place, Hitchin (1853) It was built at a cost of £2000, and designed by William Beck, a local architect. On market days the corn exchange was filled with a maximum of 30 tables, and corn dealers and seedman rented the tables. The 'Market Company' helped with the running cost and leased the market tolls from the Crown for 31 years. In December 1941 the corn exchange was opened as a British restaurant, and catered