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The Location of the Museum Building |
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The Location of the Museum Building |
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Although this is a virtual museum we have loosely based the building on the old Wolverhampton Corn Exchange, after which Exchange Street is named. |
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The Exchange building was situated immediately in front of the west end of St Peter's Church, where the gardens, war memorial and statute of Lady Wulfruna now stand. It was built in between 1850 and 1853 at a cost of £11,000 and was designed by Wolverhampton architect G. T. Robinson. The building was inadequately constructed and has been described as structurally unsound. |
| It originally had a large glass dome which had to be removed in 1851 because the roof was showing visible signs of depression. Although originally intended as a corn exchange it was never successful as such. This particular function was taken over by the Agricultural Hall when it opened in 1863. The Exchange became a popular venue for concerts and on several occasions Charles Dickens gave readings here. After suffering structural problems for many years the building and site was sold to the Council by the Mander family in March 1898. The Council agreed to demolish the building within six months to create an open space with a view to a permanent improvement of the town and the western view of St Peter's Church. |  A plan of the building |
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The site of the building today. It would have completely obscured this fine view of the western end of St Peter's Church. More information on the building can be found in the lost buildings section. |
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