Survey Data

Reg No

14313069


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical


Original Use

Market building


In Use As

House


Date

1790 - 1810


Coordinates

274043, 275794


Date Recorded

30/04/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Detached four-bay single-storey former market building, built c.1800, now in use as private dwellings. Original stone voussoirs of former arcade, now blocked. Rubble stone walls with cast-iron tie-plates. Additional openings inserted.

Appraisal

This former market building formed part of group with the purpose-built market structures to the site, which was the centre of commercial and social activity in the town. The market house and yard were moved here in the early eighteenth century by the Earl of Bective. Though this building is now altered and many original features and materials have been removed, the arcade voussoirs are reminders of the original form and function of the building.