Market Hall

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SD 72 NE 7/4

ACCRINGTON BLACKBURN ROAD Market Hall

(Formerly listed as Old Market House)

GV II

Market house, 1868, by J.F. Doyle. Ashlar, three-span roof of slate and glass supported on iron frame. Wide rectangular plan, gable to road. Two storeys. Robust nine-bay symmetrical facade in ornate Renaissance style: Corinthian pilasters to ends and centre, flanking blind arcading with cornice and balustraded parapet. The centre three bays are treated as a Triumphal Arch with round-headed doorway (a bull's head on the keystone), and ornate panelled attic which has a clockface between cherubs with cornucopias and carries on each side sculptured groups of figures with agricultural produce; the flanking walls each have a central door, sashed ground floor windows and circular first floor windows. Side walls have coupled sashes and first floor lunettes, tall chimneys on the parapet, and a pedimented entrance in the centre.

Interior: seven-bay nave and aisle arcade of slim iron columns supporting slender roof trusses with tie-rods; balcony round all sides (carrying offices).

History: built by Local Board of Health.

Listing NGR: SD7606928626