2011

SK9771 : Exchange Arcade, Cornhill Pavement, Lincoln

taken 12 years ago, near to Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Exchange Arcade, Cornhill Pavement, Lincoln
Exchange Arcade, Cornhill Pavement, Lincoln
Grade II Listed former Corn Exchange. Client for the building was Lincoln Corn Exchange and Market Co. and was built by Kirk of Sleaford to a W A Nicholson design. The foundation stone was laid on 1st September 1847 and opened in April 1848, at a cost of £15,000. Its construction required the removal of a row of properties along the then eastern limit of Cornhill, and a large house on the south side owned by the Swan family. It was enlarged in 1853 by Bellamy & Hardy by extending the west end at a cost of £1,000. It was replaced by a larger Corn Exchange that opened in December 1879 (SK9771 : Lincoln Corn Exchange, Sincil Street). It was at least partially if not completely re-built in 1882, with Bellamy and Hardy designs, to 12 small shops either side of a central walkway and a larger shop at east and west ends. In the 1950s it was converted again to 6 larger shops with the walkway on the north side. The basement was Hattons Tea Rooms from the early 1900s until the 1930s. There was an intention to use it as an air raid shelter in 1939 to plans by City Engineer & Surveyor, A. Adlington but I don’t know if it ever was converted and it became used as a store room. Part renovated in 1976 the cellar became the Cornhill Vaults public house, established by Michael & Valerie Hope, who went on to establish The Wig & Mitre, Steep Hill, in 1977. It closed around 2000. Various shops used the arcade over the years but it was unoccupied 2002-2004 until the east end became Waterstones bookshop 2005 to 2021 and Superdry clothing from October 16th 2021. The west end was Wakefields Army Stores for many years in the 1960s and 70s and Santander Bank from 2010. As an example, in 1965 Kelly’s list, in addition to Wakefields, Royal Exchange Assurance Corp.; Motor Union Insurance Co.; Little Shops, children’s outfitters; E Kay Ltd., radio engineers; Green’s Health Foods Ltd.; Lucy & Geoff, hair stylists; Woodheads Ltd., radio, electrical and television engineers. In 1896 among others there were chemical manure manufacturers, hosiers, toy shop, hairdressers, registry office, newspaper and post office telegraphs dept.

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Jo and Steve Turner   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 20 October, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 20 January, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 976 710 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:13.6414N 0:32.3667W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 976 710
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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