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Nottingham Exchange was built in the Market Place in Nottingham between 1724 and 1726 as the main offices of the Nottingham Corporation. ==History== The Nottingham Exchange was erected between 1724 and 1726 replacing a shambles of buildings on the same site. It cost £2,400 (£}} in ) and comprised a four-storey, eleven bay frontage long.〔Allen's Illustrated hand book and guide to Nottingham. Richard Allen. Nottingham. 1866〕 The architect was the mayor, Marmaduke Pennell.〔''Old and New Nottingham''. William Howie Wylie. 1853〕 The corporation offices moved here from Nottingham Guild Hall. . A clock was presented for the Exchange by 1728 by the famous clock builder James Woolley of Codnor, and in return he was made a Burgess of Nottingham.〔Clock and Watch Makers of Nottinghamshire. Harold H. Mather. Friends of Nottingham Museums. 1979〕 The building was reconstructed between 1814 and 1815 at a cost of £14,000〔A centenary History of Nottingham. John Beckett. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0719040019〕 (£}} in ). This moved the main staircase from the front to the side, and gave better access to the Great Hall which was by . The Great Hall was used for concerts, elections, balls, meetings and exhibitions. In 1830, John Whitehurst and Son of Derby provided a new clock for the Exchange at a cost of £100 (£}} in ). (The old clock was acquired by St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham and the dial from this clock is still in situ on the church tower.) On 19 September 1836 a new dial was added to the clock by Shepperley for £46 (£}} in ) and this was illuminated by a gas jet. On 26 November 1836 a fire broke out and considerable damage was caused to the building. The Exchange was demolished in 1926 to make way for the current Nottingham Council House which occupies the same site. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nottingham Exchange」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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