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was fixed at first floor level, flanked by full-height concrete pillars supporting a perforated beam. The three-storey side sections were faced with alternating bands of blue panelling and glass. Internally, the principal rooms were a market hall on the ground floor and an events venue on the first
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Following a refurbishment in 2007, the building was re-branded as the "Corn Exchange" recalling one of the uses of the earlier structure on the site. The works, which cost £1.8 million, involved improvements to the auditorium on the first floor as well as the conversion of the ground floor into a
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confirmed that it was considering making further improvements to the Corn Exchange as an alternative to a commissioning a completely new venue for major public events in the city. One of the episodes of the
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The current building was commissioned to replace a structure known as the "Lower Market" which was bounded by Fore Street, Market Street, Guinea Street and Milk Street. The Lower Market was designed by
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main hall which was used as a butchers' market and a room, above the main entrance in Guinea Street, which operated as a
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The events venue on the first floor was a popular venue in the 1970s and 1980s: performers included the
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stone and was officially opened on 9 December 1836. The principal rooms were a long
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The new building was designed by the city architect, Harold Rowe, in the
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There was also a structure known as the "Higher Market" in Queen Street.
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is a market hall and events venue in the Market Street,
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Exeter
50°43′18″N 3°31′58″W / 50.7217°N 3.5327°W / 50.7217; -3.5327
Modernist style
Corn Exchange, Exeter is located in Devon
Exeter
Devon
Charles Fowler
neoclassical style
ashlar
colonnaded
corn exchange
Baedeker Blitz
Second World War
Modernist style
diamond
coat of arms
Nikolaus Pevsner
rock band
Thin Lizzy
New Model Army
pub rock
Dr. Feelgood
Exeter City Council
BBC New Comedy Award
Corn exchanges in England
"The Higher Market"
"Memoir of the Late Charles Fowler, Fellow"
The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture
ISBN

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