The Corn Exchange
Call Lane
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 7BR
0113 234 0363
http://www.cornx.net/
Opening Times
Monday-Friday 10am-5.30pm
Saturday 9.30am-6pm
Sunday 11am-4pm
The Corn Exchange in Leeds, West Yorkshire is one of Britain’s finest Victorian buildings, a great architectual heritage of the city of Leeds, and nowadays is a fashionable shopping centre. The Corn Exchange is a Grade I listed building.
Cuthbert Brodrick, a young architect from Hull who won international fame for his design of Leeds Town Hall was responsible for this building.
The first stone of the Corn Exchange was laid on 7 May 1861 and the building was completed in 1864. As its name suggests, it was used as a Corn Exchange.
As time went by following the closure of the Corn Exchange the Exchange’s condition deteriorated to such a degree that the building itself and the surrounding land became one of Leeds’ most run down areas. Early proposals for the regeneration for this site had included turning the Corn Exchange into a concert hall similar to the Royal Albert Hall.
Speciality Shops
In 1985, Speciality Shops plc won the contract to re-develop the building as a shopping centre. The refurbishment process designed by Alsop & Lyall was completely restored to its current state, with new staircases to allow shoppers access to the balcony and basement levels. It opened for trade in 1990 and does as the companies name suggests houses an aray of speciality clothes, music and tricket shops.
Corn Exchange Shopping Centre in the Exchange Quarter
The Corn Exchange now sits in one of Leeds’ most fashionable areas known as The Exchange Quarter. Many other old buildings have been restored in this area and, as such, it is now considered a very cosmopolitan part of the city. It is also a congregation point for emo kids and goths.
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