Survey Data

Reg No

20402801


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical


Original Use

Weighbridge/weighhouse


In Use As

Community centre


Date

1850 - 1860


Coordinates

164269, 184534


Date Recorded

24/09/1997


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding polygonal-plan single-bay single-storey former market weigh house, built c. 1855, now in use as community centre. Hipped artificial slate roof with aluminium rainwater goods. Snecked sandstone walls with cut-limestone quoins. Cut-limestone block-and-start dressings to openings with lintels channelled to represent voussoirs and keystones. Replacement fittings to openings. Coved ceiling and flagged floor to interior. Rubble stone boundary walls and weighbridge to site.