Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34727 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Swaffham Corn Exchange |
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Summary
This Corn Exchange was constructed in 1858, probably by the local builder Matthias Goggs, a year after he finished the Dereham Corn Hall. The ground floor is known to have had a reading room, library and billiard room. The building itself is of red brick with gault brick dressings and a slate roof, and set out in a two by four bay block with each bay defined by giant arched recesses on pilasters with minimal capitals.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8196 0900 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80NW |
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| Parish: | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 1973. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Corn hall, now offices. 1858. By Mathias Goggs. Red brick with gault-brick dressings and slate roof. Rectangular two- by four-bay block, each bay defined by giant arched recesses on pilasters with minimal capitals. Exterior:...Block and saw-toothed eaves cornice. Gabled roof. North and south returns similar: roundel under each gable with sheaves of corn. Interior: 20th-century staircase inserted, suspended 20th-century ceilings; split into offices."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NLA), 3 November 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2024.
Monument Types
- CORN EXCHANGE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1858 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 681. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Coffee shop plan for old Corn Hall. 30 November. |
| <S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1269617. |
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