Corn Exchange is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. Corn exchange. 5 related planning applications.
Corn Exchange
- WRENN ID
- empty-screen-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1967
- Type
- Corn exchange
- Address
- Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street, CB2 3QB
- OS grid reference
- TL 449 583
- Coordinates
- 52.20426, 0.11983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corn Exchange, built between 1875 and 1876 by Richard Reynolds Rowe, is a notable structure located on Wheeler Street. It was designed as part of a competition in 1869, judged by A. Waterhouse. The building features a successful design using grey gault brick, accented with red and blue brick dressings and tiled bands. The entrance front, which faces Wheeler Street, has three bays and an arched entrance that is set slightly forward. The building showcases Gothic detailing with a ten-bay frontage on Corn Exchange Street. Each bay includes a pointed arch recess containing a two-light window, with a rose window above, and three pointed arch windows above that. The roof is made of glass and cast iron. Inside, the Corn Exchange prominently features decorative elements made from local and industrial materials, including coloured bricks, cast iron, terracotta, encaustic tiles, and faience.
Local climate
Corn Exchange sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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