Corn Exchange and Fish Market, Market Place, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Now used as a market this elaborate Victorian building was constructed in 1870 as a fish market and corn exchange. A sense of civic pride caused people to construct functional buildings like this with ornate architecture and superfluous decoration.

Location

South Yorkshire Doncaster

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

building architecture design interior trade market civic pride 1980s (1980 - 1989) victorian (1837 - 1901)