At one time there were two market buildings on Liverpool Road called Upper and Lower Campsfield Markets and in between was St. Matthew's Church built by Sir Charles Barry, the architect responsible for the Art Gallery and Athenaeum Club in Manchester and the Palace of Westminster in London. St. Matthew's was demolished in 1951 but the two market buildings remain. Lower Campsfield Market (see below) was built in 1876 by Mangnall and Littlewood. In 1900 it became the City Exhibition Hall.



During WWII it was used to build barage balloons. In May 1983 it became part of the Museum of Science and Industry as the Air and Space Hall.