Corn Exchange, Rochford

The Corn Exchange, also known as the Women's Institute Hall, is a commercial building in West Street in Rochford, Essex, England.

The central bay featured a round headed opening containing a double door with an ornate wrought iron grille in the tympanum flanked by pilasters with foliate capitals and surmounted by voussoirs.

[1] 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.

During the First World War, the building was acquired by Augusta Tawke of Bullwood Hall, who initially used it as a laundry before letting it out as a garage and repair shop.

It was subsequently used as a community events venue hosting farmers' markets, boxing matches, and Women's Institute meetings.