Description

1. MARKET HILL

1692
(South Side)
Corn Exhange
(Public Library)
TL 8741 3/104

II* GV

2.
An elaborate Victorian stone building, 1841 by H E Kendall with a facade
of four columns linked by a heavy entablature and each column surmounted
by a pinnacle in form of a sheaf of corn. There is balustrading between
the two outer columns. There is a large central arched doorway window
with elaborate fanlight and an arched window with elaborate headwork
between the outer columns each side. The centre front is ramped up
above the level of the balustrading each side and is surmounted by a
group of labourers, sickles and sheaves. Interior fitted out for library
purposes. History of Sudbury, Grimwood and Kay, page 87.

All the listed buildings in Market Hill (South Side) form a group.

Listing NGR: TL8735241252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Corn Exchange Public Library at Wikipedia
• Corn Exchange Public Library official website
• Wikidata Q17533545

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