King William Street 050

b24696. The Exchange Hall on King William-street. Originally designed as a Cotton Exchange, the foundation stone was laid by the Mayor, J.B.S. Sturdy, on March 10th 1863. Decorated in gothic style, its first plan included another wing to face the Town Hall, with a tower at the junction, but neither materialised and the projected tower was left truncated, with an incongruous spire. At the date of this photograph c1952 it was a cinema. D. 5.