[3] The building was designed by D. W. Aston of Kingston upon Hull, built by Willford & Dinsdale in yellow gault bricks at a cost of £1,000 and was officially opened in February 1854.

The ground floor, which was rusticated, featured three round headed openings with voussoirs and keystones, while the first floor was fenestrated by round headed casement windows flanked by short Corinthian order pilasters supporting architraves and keystones.

[6] It was acquired by the lord of the manor, Major George Charles Uppleby, whose seat was at Barrow Hall.

[7] Uppleby allowed the building to be used for drill practice by the 12th Lincolnshire Rifle Volunteers in which he served as an officer.

[8] 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.