Editing Leeds Corn Exchange

{{Short description|Grade I listed building in Leeds, England}}
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The '''Leeds Corn Exchange''' is a shopping mall in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], England. The structure, which was commissioned as a [[corn exchange]], is a grade I [[listed building]].<ref name=nhle>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1255771 |desc=Corn Exchange |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>

==History==
The first corn exchange in Leeds was located at the north end of [[Briggate]] and was opened in 1829. By the mid-19th century, it was considered too small, and civic officials decided to commission a larger building.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/grand-design-created-leeds-corn-trade-boomed-1803906 |title=The grand design created as Leeds' corn trade boomed |date=15 February 2016 |newspaper=The Yorkshire Post |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>

The new building was designed by [[Cuthbert Brodrick]], a Hull architect best known for [[Leeds Town Hall]], in the [[Italianate architecture|Italianate style]], built in stone with [[diamond]]-shaped [[Rustication (architecture)|rustification]] and was completed in 1863.<ref name=nhle/> The [[oval]]-shaped building featured two semi-circular porches with doorways which were flanked by [[Tuscan order]] columns supporting [[cornice]]s, and was fenestrated by recessed round headed windows on both floors. The design of the dome was based on that of the [[Bourse de commerce (Paris)|Bourse de commerce of Paris]] by [[François-Joseph Bélanger]] and François Brunet, completed in 1811.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://structurae.info/ouvrages/bourse-de-commerce |title=Bourse de Commerce |work=Structurae |access-date=18 September 2015 |language=fr}}</ref> The architectural historian, [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], praised the design which he regarded as "remarkably independent and functional".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHJaiPxJ_6QC&pg=PA68 |title=Leeds |series=Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides |pages=68–71 |last1=Wrathmell |first1=Susan |last2=Minnis |first2=John |last3=Douglas |first3=Janet |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0300107364}}</ref>

The use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the [[Great Depression of British Agriculture]] in the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=obn5AQAAQBAJ |first=T. W. |last=Fletcher |title='The Great Depression of English Agriculture 1873–1896' in ''British Agriculture 1875–1914'' |location=London |publisher=Methuen |year=1973 |isbn=978-1136581182 |page=31}}</ref> However, in the late 1980s Speciality Shops plc restored it and converted it into a retail facility.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/leeds-corn-exchange-s-150-years-of-changing-fortunes-1-5626503 |title=Leeds Corn Exchange's 150 years of changing fortunes |date=29 April 2013 |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |access-date=13 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713161004/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/leeds-corn-exchange-s-150-years-of-changing-fortunes-1-5626503 |archive-date=13 July 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After a further restoration carried out by new owners, [[Zurich Insurance Group|Zurich Financial Services]], the Corn Exchange re-opened in November 2008 as a boutique shopping centre for independent retailers. The {{convert|13200|sqft|m2|adj=on}} ground level was occupied by Piazza by Anthony until its sudden closure in June 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bowyer |first=Laura |newspaper=The Yorkshire Evening Post |title=Dining dismay after acclaimed Leeds restaurants shut |location=Leeds |date=22 June 2013 |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/dining-dismay-after-acclaimed-leeds-restaurants-shut-1-5790336 |access-date=25 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724040125/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/dining-dismay-after-acclaimed-leeds-restaurants-shut-1-5790336 |archive-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:A_City_Without_Seams_launch_in_the_Corn_Exchange_from_above._LEEDS_2023.jpg|thumb|A City Without Seams launch in the Corn Exchange from above. [[Leeds 2023|LEEDS 2023]]]]
In 2017 the Corn Exchange was acquired by property company [[Rushbond]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New owners for Leeds Corn Exchange |url=https://www.businessupnorth.co.uk/new-owners-leeds-corn-exchange/ |access-date=13 July 2019 |work=Business Up North |date=3 March 2017}}</ref> {{As of|2019}}, the Corn Exchange contains about 30 independent retailers and food outlets.<ref name="visit">{{cite web |title=The Corn Exchange |url=https://www.visitleeds.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=2193807 |website=Visit Leeds |access-date=13 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308065412/https://www.visitleeds.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=2193807 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is described as "one of only three remaining Corn Exchanges still functioning as a centre for trade in Britain", albeit no longer functioning as a corn exchange.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XB-tCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT56 |title=Leeds in 50 Buildings |first=Paul |last=Chrystal |year=2016 |publisher=Amberley Publishing |isbn=978-1445654553}}</ref> The Corn Exchange has also served as a venue for music events such as the South Asian Arts UK Summer Solstice Festival in June 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Geha |date=21 June 2023 |title=Leeds 2023: Inside the summer solstice festival in the Corn Exchange |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/leeds-2023-inside-the-summer-solstice-festival-in-the-corn-exchange-with-south-asian-music-until-5am-4192146 |access-date=12 February 2024 |website=Yorkshire Evening Post}}</ref>
[[File:SAA-UK's_Summer_Solstice_event_in_the_Corn_Exchange_LEEDS_2023.jpg|thumb|SAA-UK's Summer Solstice event in the Corn Exchange]]
The building was depicted in an official [[BBC]] [[trailer (promotion)|trailer]] for the [[2021 Rugby League World Cup]] (in reference to [[2021 Rugby League World Cup#Stadium locations|Leeds being one of the host cities]]).<ref name=BBCtrailer>{{cite web |title=Rugby League World Cup 2022 🏉 Trailer 🏟 BBC Trailers |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcdvhSTELw |website=YouTube.com |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=27 October 2022 |date=9 October 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Architecture of Leeds]]
*[[Corn exchanges in England]]
*[[Grade I listed buildings in West Yorkshire]]
*[[Listed buildings in Leeds (City and Hunslet Ward - northern area)]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Leeds Corn Exchange}}
*[http://www.leedscornexchange.co.uk/ Leeds Corn Exchange website]

{{Shopping centres in Yorkshire and the Humber}}
{{Listed buildings in Leeds}}
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[[Category:Grade I listed buildings in Leeds]]
[[Category:Grade I listed markets and exchanges]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1864]]
[[Category:Shopping centres in Leeds]]
[[Category:Cuthbert Brodrick buildings]]
[[Category:1864 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Corn exchanges in England]]