The Corn Exchange Entrance Wing is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Entrance wing. 4 related planning applications.
The Corn Exchange Entrance Wing
- WRENN ID
- stony-brass-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Entrance wing
- Address
- The Corn Exchange Entrance Wing, Church Street, the City of Brighton and Hove
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 043
- Coordinates
- 50.82381, -0.13865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corn Exchange entrance wing, located on Church Street in Brighton, was added in 1934 and designed by Robert Atkinson, with sculpture by James Woodford. The building features grey brick in Flemish bond with stone dressings around the openings, and has a parapeted roof.
The exterior consists of two storeys above a basement and includes a four-window range. The design is a stylized interpretation of Islamic forms, reminiscent of those used by Porden and Nash in the early 19th century. A metal marquee projects in front of a two-storey pointed-arch recess, which is adorned with relief sculpture. The central figure, depicted on a vesica piscis, represents the goddess Ceres in an Asian posture, flanked by three trumpeting angels on clouds.
The front wall slightly projects to form turrets on either side of the recess, with round-arched first-floor windows. To the left, there is an added wing featuring a horseshoe-arched first-floor window. The entrance is flanked by a two-light and a three-light window with twisted mullions.
Inside, the lobby has two bays with quadripartite groin vaulting, each cell illuminated by a roundel. Notable interior features include wood panelling in the waiting room located just outside the conveniences. The entrance wing is part of a group that includes the Dome and Corn Exchange, as well as the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery on Church Street.
Local climate
The Corn Exchange Entrance Wing receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 4 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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