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The architectural historian, [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], was impressed by the design and remarked on the "remarkably civilised facade" and comment that "the effect...[of this]...is striking".<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qsqx_SK3bzUC&pg=PA302 |title=Norfolk 2 (Buildings of England Series)|first1= Nikolaus|last1= Pevsner |first2=Bill |last2=Wilson |page=302|year=2002| publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300096576}}</ref> Shortly after it opened, the building also became the venue for the local [[petty session]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=m6pbAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA6-PA17-IA2 |title=Return from each county in England and Wales of the names of the various petty session divisions in such county|page=7|year=1856|publisher=House of Commons}}</ref> The use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the [[Great Depression of British Agriculture]] in the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=obn5AQAAQBAJ|first=T. W. |last=Fletcher|title= 'The Great Depression of English Agriculture 1873-1896' in ''British Agriculture 1875-1914'' |location=London|publisher= Methuen|year= 1973|isbn=978-1136581182|page= 31}}</ref> Instead, it became a community events venue hosting dances, [[whist]] drives and [[Contract bridge|bridge]] drives.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=S58aAAAAIAAJ |title= Official Handbook 1948/49 |page=16|publisher=Diss Urban District Council|year=1948}}</ref> |
The architectural historian, [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], was impressed by the design and remarked on the "remarkably civilised facade" and comment that "the effect...[of this]...is striking".<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qsqx_SK3bzUC&pg=PA302 |title=Norfolk 2 (Buildings of England Series)|first1= Nikolaus|last1= Pevsner |first2=Bill |last2=Wilson |page=302|year=2002| publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300096576}}</ref> Shortly after it opened, the building also became the venue for the local [[petty session]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=m6pbAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA6-PA17-IA2 |title=Return from each county in England and Wales of the names of the various petty session divisions in such county|page=7|year=1856|publisher=House of Commons}}</ref> The use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the [[Great Depression of British Agriculture]] in the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=obn5AQAAQBAJ|first=T. W. |last=Fletcher|title= 'The Great Depression of English Agriculture 1873-1896' in ''British Agriculture 1875-1914'' |location=London|publisher= Methuen|year= 1973|isbn=978-1136581182|page= 31}}</ref> Instead, it became a community events venue hosting dances, [[whist]] drives and [[Contract bridge|bridge]] drives.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=S58aAAAAIAAJ |title= Official Handbook 1948/49 |page=16|publisher=Diss Urban District Council|year=1948}}</ref> |
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The owners of the building, Diss Town Council, transferred the responsibility for the management of the building to the Diss Corn Hall Trust when the trust was formed in July 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06964297 |title=The Diss Corn Hall Trust|publisher=Companies House| access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/21127517.diss-town-council-renew-corn-hall-grant/ |title=Diss Town Council renew Corn Hall grant |date=20 November 2011|newspaper=Eastern Daily Press| access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> An extensive programme of refurbishment works, which involved the conversion of the building into an arts centre at a cost of £1.7 million |
The owners of the building, Diss Town Council, transferred the responsibility for the management of the building to the Diss Corn Hall Trust when the trust was formed in July 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06964297 |title=The Diss Corn Hall Trust|publisher=Companies House| access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/21127517.diss-town-council-renew-corn-hall-grant/ |title=Diss Town Council renew Corn Hall grant |date=20 November 2011|newspaper=Eastern Daily Press| access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> An extensive programme of refurbishment works, which involved the conversion of the building into an arts centre at a cost of £1.7 million with financial support from the [[National Lottery Heritage Fund]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/diss-heritage-triangle-diss-corn-hall |title=Diss Heritage Triangle and Diss Corn Hall|publisher=National Lotter Heritage Fund| access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> was carried out during 2016 and 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/diss-corn-hall-refurbishment-by-hudson-architects |title= Diss Corn Hall refurbishment by Hudson Architects|date=21 November 2017|newspaper=Architects' Journal| access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> Following completion of the works, which had been undertaken to a design by Hudson architects, the building was re-opened by the mayor, Mike Barwell, on 5 May 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/pictures-work-at-diss-s-famous-corn-hall-coming-to-an-end-as-reopening-date-is-set-1-7901973/ |title=Work at Diss’s famous Corn Hall coming to an end as reopening date is set|date=5 April 2017|newspaper=Diss Express| access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> |
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Works of art in the building include a portrait by the English portrait painter, [[William Boxall|Sir William Boxall]], of the benefactor, Thomas Lombe Taylor.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/thomas-lombe-taylor-334 |title= Thomas Lombe Taylor|publisher=Art UK| first=William|last=Boxall|access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> |
Works of art in the building include a portrait by the English portrait painter, [[William Boxall|Sir William Boxall]], of the benefactor, Thomas Lombe Taylor.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/thomas-lombe-taylor-334 |title= Thomas Lombe Taylor|publisher=Art UK| first=William|last=Boxall|access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:40, 8 July 2023
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.jpg) Corn Hall, Diss | |
| Location | St Nicholas Street, Diss |
| Coordinates | 52°22′39″N 1°06′26″E / 52.3776°N 1.1072°E |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architect | George Atkins |
| Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical style |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Corn Hall |
| Designated | 8 June 1972 |
| Reference no. | 1083969 |
  Shown in Norfolk | |
The Corn Hall is a commercial building in St Nicholas Street, Diss, Norfolk, England. The structure, which is now used as a arts centre, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The building was commissioned by the lord of the manor, Thomas Lombe Taylor, whose seat was at Starston Place in Starston. The site he selected was on the north side of St Nicholas Street.[2] It was designed by a local architect, George Atkins, in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone at a cost of £10,000 and was completed in 1854.[3]
The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto St Nicholas Street. The central bay featured a tetrastyle portico formed by four Ionic order columns supporting a modillioned pediment. At the back of the portico there was a doorway with an architrave and brackets supporting a cornice. The outer bays were decorated by blind windows with window sills and brackets supporting pediments. Internally, the principal rooms were the main hall, which was 77 feet (23 m) long and 42 feet (13 m) wide, and a library with between 2,000 and 3,000 volumes.[4] The official opening was celebrated by a concert performed by an orchestra of between 80 and 90 local people, with all the money raised being donated to the Patriotic Fund.[5]
The architectural historian, Nikolaus Pevsner, was impressed by the design and remarked on the "remarkably civilised facade" and comment that "the effect...[of this]...is striking".[6] Shortly after it opened, the building also became the venue for the local petty sessions.[7] The use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the Great Depression of British Agriculture in the late 19th century.[8] Instead, it became a community events venue hosting dances, whist drives and bridge drives.[9]
The owners of the building, Diss Town Council, transferred the responsibility for the management of the building to the Diss Corn Hall Trust when the trust was formed in July 2009.[10][11] An extensive programme of refurbishment works, which involved the conversion of the building into an arts centre at a cost of £1.7 million with financial support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund,[12] was carried out during 2016 and 2017.[13] Following completion of the works, which had been undertaken to a design by Hudson architects, the building was re-opened by the mayor, Mike Barwell, on 5 May 2017.[14]
Works of art in the building include a portrait by the English portrait painter, Sir William Boxall, of the benefactor, Thomas Lombe Taylor.[15]
See also
References
- ^ Historic England. "Corn Hall (1170255)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Descendant of the man who built Diss Corn Hall to hold celebratory concert in the town". Diss Mercury. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Bayne, A. D. (1873). Royal Illustrated History of Eastern England. J. Macdonald. p. 233.
- ^ The National Gazetteer A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands, Compiled from the Latest and Best Sources, and Illustrated with a Complete County Atlas, and Numerous Maps. Vol. 1. Virtue and Company. 1868. p. 769.
- ^ The Diss Corn Exchange. 20 January 1855. p. 60. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
{{cite book}}:|newspaper=ignored (help) - ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wilson, Bill (2002). Norfolk 2 (Buildings of England Series). Yale University Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0300096576.
- ^ Return from each county in England and Wales of the names of the various petty session divisions in such county. House of Commons. 1856. p. 7.
- ^ Fletcher, T. W. (1973). 'The Great Depression of English Agriculture 1873-1896' in British Agriculture 1875-1914. London: Methuen. p. 31. ISBN 978-1136581182.
- ^ Official Handbook 1948/49. Diss Urban District Council. 1948. p. 16.
- ^ "The Diss Corn Hall Trust". Companies House. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Diss Town Council renew Corn Hall grant". Eastern Daily Press. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Diss Heritage Triangle and Diss Corn Hall". National Lotter Heritage Fund. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Diss Corn Hall refurbishment by Hudson Architects". Architects' Journal. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Work at Diss's famous Corn Hall coming to an end as reopening date is set". Diss Express. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Boxall, William. "Thomas Lombe Taylor". Art UK. Retrieved 8 July 2023.