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The Corn Exchange and Market Hall, just erected at Lichfield, 1850. Creator: Unknown.
![The Corn Exchange and Market Hall, just erected at Lichfield, [Staffordshire], 1850. 'In 1848, the present Mayor of Lichfield formed the project of a Corn Exchange and Market Hall, and by his energy...the present building was commenced and finished.' View '...from Tamworth-street, [showing] the principal front towards Conduit-street, and the Savings-Bank in Bore-street...The whole of the works were completed by Messrs. Scott and Collyer...The design is by Messrs. Johnson and Son, of Lichfield; the building is in the Elizabethan style, and consists of an arcade extending the entire length of the principal front, which leads into a spacious covered market. The upper room is the Corn Exchange, approached by a broad flight of stone steps, and is 63 feet in length and 34 feet wide. It is calculated to contain from 600 to 800 persons'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.](/photos/prev/ZThiYmQ1MA/album_alb9626236.webp)
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Title:
The Corn Exchange and Market Hall, just erected at Lichfield, 1850. Creator: Unknown.
Caption:
The Corn Exchange and Market Hall, just erected at Lichfield, [Staffordshire], 1850. 'In 1848, the present Mayor of Lichfield formed the project of a Corn Exchange and Market Hall, and by his energy...the present building was commenced and finished.' View '...from Tamworth-street, [showing] the principal front towards Conduit-street, and the Savings-Bank in Bore-street...The whole of the works were completed by Messrs. Scott and Collyer...The design is by Messrs. Johnson and Son, of Lichfield; the building is in the Elizabethan style, and consists of an arcade extending the entire length of the principal front, which leads into a spacious covered market. The upper room is the Corn Exchange, approached by a broad flight of stone steps, and is 63 feet in length and 34 feet wide. It is calculated to contain from 600 to 800 persons'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Image size:
4960 x 4020 px | 57.0 MB
Print size:
42.0 x 34.0 cm | 16.5 x 13.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • 19TH • ARCHITECTURE • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITAIN • BRITISH • BUILDING • CENTURY • COMMODITY EXCHANGE • CORN EXCHANGE • COVERED MARKET • ELIZABETHAN • ENGLAND • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING • EXTERIOR • FINANCE • ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS • ILN • LICHFIELD • MARKET HALL • MARKET SQUARE • MARKET • NEWSPAPER • NEWSPAPERS • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • PRESS • PRINT COLLECTOR, THE • STAFFORDSHIRE • TRADE • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN
