Former Corn Exchange, Now Silverline Bingo

The former Corn Exchange, now Silverline Bingo, was built in 1847 and has been altered internally in the mid and late 20th century. Designed by Henry Duesbury and featuring sculpture by John Bell, the building is constructed of ashlar and brick with ashlar dressings, and has a partly glazed ridge and furrow roof. It is of Italian Baroque style. The front features steps, a plinth, giant Corinthian double pilasters, a cornice, a balustrade with double corner pedestals and finials. The front is single-storey, while the rear rises two storeys plus a basement. The building has a 3x8 bay arrangement. It has three round-headed alcoves with pilasters and keystones, each containing a pair of half-glazed doors. A datestone reading 1847 in Roman numerals is positioned centrally on the parapet. A central square tower has pilastered corners and a pedimented gable, topped with an octagonal dome and finial. Each face of the tower is blank, resembling a dial draped with a sheaf. Life-size figures of Agriculture and Commerce are positioned as supporting figures. The river front has a rendered plinth and pilasters, with a projecting centre containing a single window, pilasters, and a full-height round-headed recess with a keystone. Above this recess is a rendered square pedestal topped by a two-stage octagonal bell turret with a conical roof. The river front has a central glazing bar sash flanked by smaller windows – two to the left and three to the right. Above this, there is a central blank panel flanked by single glazing bar sashes with keystones. Below, there is a segment-headed glazing bar sash flanked to the left by a 20th-century casement and to the right by a segment-headed French window. On either side, there are eight full-height round-headed blank panels. The right side features six segment-headed openings to the basement, mostly with close boarded doors, and a two-leaf panelled door towards the right. The interior features Corinthian pilasters and a moulded cornice. At either end there are three-bay panelled galleries, with the recesses below panelled in the late 20th century. The roof structure is unusual, consisting of three parallel ridges carried on panelled wooden beams, originally glazed, but now mostly panelled. The entrance lobby features panelled doors and recesses.