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1079: 167: 31: 174: 297:. After a long period of disuse, it was acquired by Marco's Leisure in 1992 and, after a major refurbishment, re-opened as an events and concert venue in 1999. Meanwhile, the area to the southwest of the building, i.e. behind the building, was developed as the Corn Exchange Village with facilities such as ten pin bowling, an indoor mini golf course, 5-a-side and 7-a-side football pitches, and a sports bar. 289:
flanked by two single windows on either side. The end sections of three bays each were fenestrated with sash windows and surmounted by an entablature, a cornice, a parapet, and a small central pediment on each side.
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Speech by the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone in the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, on Monday, 1 September 1884
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The first location where merchants could trade in agricultural products in Edinburgh was on the
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The new building was designed by the City Superintendent of Works, James A. Williamson, in the
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in the 15th century, and it was at the corn exchange in the Grassmarket, which was designed by
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The use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the
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area of the city some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of the city centre.
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Edinburgh
55°55′38″N 3°14′52″W / 55.9273°N 3.2479°W / 55.9273; -3.2479
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Edinburgh Corn Exchange is located in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
corn exchange
listed building
High Street
Grassmarket
David Cousin
Prime Minister
William Ewart Gladstone
Chesser
neoclassical style
ashlar
Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
pavilions
loggia
Doric order
entablature
cornice
parapet
architrave
Great Depression of British Agriculture
rock band
Blur
Manic Street Preachers

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