Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Description: Corn Exchange
Grade: II
Date Listed: 18 May 1967
English Heritage Building ID: 47888
OS Grid Reference: TL4495558342
OS Grid Coordinates: 544955, 258342
Latitude/Longitude: 52.2042, 0.1198
Location: Parson's Court, Cambridge CB2 3PJ
Locality: Cambridge
Local Authority: Cambridge City Council
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Postcode: CB2 3PJ
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Listing Text
WHEELER STREET
1.
942
(South Side)
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Corn Exchange
TL 4458 SE 6/712 18.5.67.
II
2.
1875-6. By Richard Reynolds Roew. Successful design in the competition
of 1869 assessed by A Waterhouse, Grey gault brick with red and blue brick
dressings and tiled bands. 3 bay entrance front onto wheeler Street with
the arched entrance set slightly forward. Gothic detailing, 10 bay frontage
on Corn Exchange Street. Each bay contains a pointed arch recess with
a 2 light window and rose window above, above this 3 pointed arch windows.
Roof of glass and cast-iron. The interior makes considerable decorative
use of both local and industrial materials, coloured bricks. Cast-iron,
terracotta, encaustic tiles and faience.
Listing NGR: TL4495558342
Source: English Heritage
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