Description

HAVERHILL

TL6645 WITHERSFIELD ROAD 816-1/5/28 (West side) 09/05/73 Corn Exchange

GV II

Corn Exchange, now community centre and offices. 1889 by Frank Whitmore. Red brick with moulded brick details and slate roof replacing original glazed roof. EXTERIOR: single-storey gabled front to street behind single-storey flat-roofed narthex. Central entrance in narthex consisting of doorway recessed behind a basket-arched opening flanked by engaged columns with base fluting. One 2-light casement right and left under basket arches. Jambs, aprons and lintels of windows elaborated with moulded brick. Panelled and balustraded parapet. Main gable wall above with a triple-arched casement under a basket arch set in raised and pedimented field. Gable apex surmounted by double-curved pediment. Returns: 6 bays, articulated by pilasters. Windows are triple-arched casements under basket arches with jambs, aprons and lintels of moulded brick. INTERIOR: three arches at east end with Y-traceried heads. Pilasters to north and south walls. (Brown C: Dictionary of Architects of Suffolk Buildings 1800-1914: Ipswich: 1991-: 196).



Listing NGR: TL6699145749

External Links

• Corn Exchange at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26656324

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings