The white painted Tuscan iron columns beneath the balcony originally supported the inside of the Exchange’s curtain wall, but were exposed during alterations in 1972
LEFT: An early print of the Corn Exchange designed in the neo-classical style by Lewis Vuliamy. RIGHT: An engraving by C.L. Tyler, dated 1828, shows the King's Head Inn as it looked before demolition
Traders work beneath the Corn
Exchange’s glass roof.
It was added to the original
construction at a later date in
order to give dealers more
light by which to judge corn by
