Market Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. Market house. 9 related planning applications.
Market Hall
- WRENN ID
- ruined-landing-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1984
- Type
- Market house
- Address
- Market Hall, Blackburn Road, BB5 1ER
- OS grid reference
- SD 760 286
- Coordinates
- 53.75346, -2.36441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Hall, built in 1868 by J.F. Doyle, is a market house located on Blackburn Road in Accrington. It features a wide rectangular plan with a gable facing the road and is constructed from ashlar. The building has a three-span roof made of slate and glass, supported by an iron frame.
The facade is robust and symmetrical, consisting of nine bays designed in an ornate Renaissance style. It includes Corinthian pilasters at both ends and in the center, flanking blind arcading topped with a cornice and a balustraded parapet. The central three bays are designed to resemble a Triumphal Arch, featuring a round-headed doorway with a bull's head on the keystone. Above the doorway is an ornate panelled attic that displays a clockface flanked by cherubs holding cornucopias, with sculptured groups of figures representing agricultural produce on either side. The flanking walls each contain a central door, ground floor sashed windows, and circular windows on the first floor. The side walls have coupled sashes and first floor lunettes, tall chimneys on the parapet, and a pedimented entrance in the center.
Inside, the Market Hall has a seven-bay nave and aisle arcade supported by slim iron columns, which hold slender roof trusses with tie-rods. A balcony runs around all sides, accommodating offices. The building was constructed by the Local Board of Health.
Local climate
Market Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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