Corn Exchange, Newark-on-Trent
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Castle Gate, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. The structure, which is currently used as a nightclub, is a Grade II listed building. History In the mid-19th century, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company, to be known as the "Newark Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a corn exchange for the town. The site they selected was on the north side of Castle Gate. The building was designed by Henry Duesbury in the Italianate style, built in ashlar stone at a cost of £7,100 and was officially opened on 27 September 1848. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Castle Gate. The main frontage featured a wide set of steps leading up to three round-headed alcoves, each containing a doorway surmounted by a fanlight-shaped carving and a series of coffered panels, and flanked by short Doric order pilasters supporting architraves with keystones. At the corners of the building, there were pairs of full-height Corinthian order pilasters supporting an entablature, a cornice and a balustraded parapet. At roof level, there was a central date stone and a square tower, which was flanked by statues sculpted by