The central bay, which projected forward, featured a recessed doorway flanked by pairs of red sandstone Doric order columns supporting an entablature.

On the first floor, there was a Diocletian window with an archivolt, surmounted by a sculpture of a female figure and flanked by Doric order columns and pilasters supporting an entablature and a parapet.

[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.

[6] However, the building was also extensively used as an events venue: in the early 20th century, the future Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, gave a talk in the corn exchange about his experiences during the Second Boer War,[7] and, in 1909, the composer, Edward Elgar, conducted the London Symphony Orchestra there.

[9] The building closed for a major refurbishment, to be carried out at a cost of £5 million to a design by Group Ginger Architects, in October 2022.