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Corn Exchange, High Street, Biggar

A Category B Listed Building in Biggar, South Lanarkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6244 / 55°37'27"N

Longitude: -3.5216 / 3°31'17"W

OS Eastings: 304279

OS Northings: 637811

OS Grid: NT042378

Mapcode National: GBR 33VD.CM

Mapcode Global: WH5SV.WW6M

Plus Code: 9C7RJFFH+Q8

Entry Name: Corn Exchange, High Street, Biggar

Listing Name: Biggar Corn Exchange, High Street

Listing Date: 7 May 1980

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 357787

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22240

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Corn Exchange
Biggar Cinema

ID on this website: 200357787

Location: Biggar

County: South Lanarkshire

Town: Biggar

Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

Tagged with: Theatre Cinema Arts centre Corn exchange

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Description

Architect David McGibbon in Baronial style. Dated 1860
at Clock tower. 2 storeys. Snecked rubble, ashlar dressings,
slate roof. Central door with 4 centred arched head and ogee
hood mould, 2 depressed pointed arched windows ground floor;
3 windows at 1st floor with central crowstepped gablet and
coped parapet; coped crowstepped gables. Clock tower with
pyramidal roof, gableted louvres and iron cresting.

Statement of Interest

Built as Corn Exchange on site Old Meal House, Builders Jack

& White, Edinburgh.

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