Westgate Hall, Grantham
corn exchange in Grantham, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Westgate Hall is a commercial building in Westgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which was last 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 private company, known as the "Grantham Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a purpose-built corn exchange for the town. The site they selected was on the east side of Westgate. The building was designed by Anthony Salvin in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1852.
The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Westgate. On the ground floor, there was an arcade of three round-headed openings flanked by short Tuscan order columns supporting architraves and keystones. On the first floor there were three mullioned and transomed windows with architraves and segmental pediments. There were quoins at the corners and an entablature, a cornice and a balustraded parapet with finials at roof level.
The buildings was also used as a public events venue: the suffragettes, Gertrude Wilkinson and Florence Balgarnie, addressed a meeting about votes for women in the building in May 1885.
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