sentences:  This Jacobethan building sits incongruously in the corner of the Market Square next to the classical county hall and opposite a bow fronted regency public house with an ornate entablature.However, this siting of opposing styles of architecture, and constant change is the essence of character of an English market town.The agricultural depression which occurred from the 1870s resulted in a steep decline in the value of grain, the corn exchange never realised the profits its builders intended  and in 1901 it was eventually sold to the Urban District Council as a town hall.