1869 – Design for Corn Exchange and Market, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Design proposal for new markst as published in The Building News, November 5 1869. Demolished in the 1960s. The building measured 313 feet in length and was topped by a 150 foot tall tower with four clock faces and a spire. Designed by Robert Griffiths, it was Italianate in style, with polychomic bricks of white, blue, and black, and was built at a cost of nearly £70,000. Initially, the basement held the fish market and ice house, although the fish market was later moved upstairs. The main entrance to the ground floor was on the Mardol side, which included butchers and a shopping arcade, and on the Bellstone end, apple and butter markets were located in the general hall. The first floor included a billiards hall.