The Corn Exchange

The Corn Exchange, located on Conduit Street in Lichfield, is a former market hall and savings bank that has been repurposed into shops, a restaurant, and office space. Built between 1849 and 1850 by T Johnson and Son, this Tudor-style building is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and features a distinctive fishscale tile roof with brick stacks.

The structure stands two storeys high and has a seven-window range, with a recessed two-window range on the left. The facade includes a seven-bay arcade supported by four-centred arches, a first-floor sill course, and a top stone-coped parapet adorned with round projections. The left end features a shaped gable, while the right end has an octagonal pavilion with a parapet, shaped gablets, round pinnacles, and a pyramidal roof. The arcade is highlighted by a brick groin vault with transverse arches and inner four-centred arched openings, which have late 20th-century shop fronts, with an entrance at the left end.

On the first floor, there are double-chamfered-mullioned windows with leaded glazing, predominantly consisting of two lights, with the left end window having three lights and a round-headed upper light. The penultimate window on the right has four lights with a transom and two round-headed upper lights, while the octagonal pavilion has windows with two round-headed lights on its angled faces. The facade also features square panels with raised black letters stating "THE CORN EXCHANGE."

The recessed range originally had a three-light window but now has a mid-20th-century shop front at the corner. The first floor includes a canted oriel window with a configuration of one, three, and one lights with round-headed lights, alongside a three-light window to the left, all with ovolo-mullioned details. The building is dated 1849 and has a shaped gable and a cross-axial stack.

The right return of the building displays similar architectural features along with a 20th-century single-storey addition labeled "MARKET HALL." The left return has a shop front with an entrance featuring a four-centred head, cornice, overlight, and glazed door, with a single light and a three-light window on the first floor, marked "SAVINGS BANK," along with a parapet and a 20th-century dormer.

Inside, the shops have jack arches, while the first-floor hall boasts a hammer beam roof.