Hazlitt Theatre

The complex was built in two parts. The older part, at the rear of the complex, was commissioned as a corn exchange, sometimes referred to as the "Market Buildings": it was designed by the Kent County Surveyor, John Whichcord Sr., in the neoclassical style, built with a stucco finish and was completed in 1835. The design involved a long frontage of 18 bays running down the right hand side of the complex. It featured a colonnade in three sections: seven bays in the north section, four bays in the central section and seven bays in the south section. On the ground floor, the bays were separated by Tuscan order columns supporting arches, while, on the first floor, the left hand section was…