Former Corn Exchange and Attached Railings
FORMER CORN EXCHANGE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, ANGEL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1359548
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Former Corn Exchange and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CORN EXCHANGE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, ANGEL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1359548
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Former Corn Exchange and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER CORN EXCHANGE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, ANGEL STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CORN EXCHANGE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, ANGEL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Worcester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 84899 55041
Details
WORCESTER
SO8455SE ANGEL STREET
620-1/12/23 (South side)
05/04/71 Former Corn Exchange and
attached railings
GV II
Former corn exchange, now shopping mall and attached railings.
Dated 1848 on plaque with later additions and alterations
including those c1980s to interior. Reddish-pink brick in
Flemish bond with gauged red brick arches and stuccoed columns
and entablature; concealed roof, with central glass skylight;
cast-iron railings. Single tall storey, 5 bays. Plinth. Giant
Tuscan pilasters to ends and outer 2 bays, to centre are 2
pairs of Tuscan columns in antis. Outer bays have full-height
recesses, 3 with plate-glass windows to ground floor, that to
right an opening with renewed cast-iron gate, above these are
raised and fielded panels and with round-arched 1/1 sashes
with margin lights to upper stage; continuous impost band.
Flight of renewed steps to central entrance: 9-fielded-panel
double doors, panelled frieze and panelled lunette, with
tooled arch and keystone. Crowning entablature surmounted by
balustrade with bulbous balusters and central panel with
raised letters: "CORN EXCHANGE" between 2 plinths with sheafs
of corn. To either side of central door a raised plinth for
railings. Central roof turret, square on plan with pyramidal
roof.
INTERIOR: renewed, retains part-glazed roof with king-post
trusses.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: spearhead railings, L-shaped on plan for
approximately 1.5 metres each side of entrance. Pevsner
describes this as 'a mighty job .. with truly colossal pairs
of Tuscan columns in antis.' A significant nineteenth
mercantile century building occupying a prominent site near
the junction of Angel Street and Angel Place it forms a good
group with The Horn and Trumpet Public House, Angel Street
(qv) and with No.23 and Former Congregational Church (Tramps
Discotheque), Angel Place (qqv). (The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 331).
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 488488
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, (1968), 331
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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