1 And 3, Market Street

SE20SW PENISTONE MARKET STREET (east side) 3/51 Nos 1 and 3 23rd June 1965 (formerly Cloth Hall and shambles)

GV II

Former Cloth Hall, now shops. 1768 by John Platt of Rotherham. Centre part infilled probably C19. Coursed, squared stone, ashlar to front centre bay. Stone slate roof, glass in centre. Two storeys. Formerly a U-plan, now infilled. Four bays. Rusticated quoins. Deep ashlar plinth. The central two C19 bays are set back slightly with C20 shop front to ground floor and two 4-pane sashes to 1st floor under flat arches. Open modillioned pediment above with parapet and plain acroteria. The side bays each have a large archivolted round-arched ground-floor shop window with later glazing and a single sash, as before, to 1st floor. Hipped roof to side bays. Rear: the central bay breaks forward slightly and has open pediment. Central, round-arched ground-floor opening now part-blocked. Side bays have similar blocked openings. Various casements, some C20. Left return: 7 bays. Round-arched windows to ground floor and 4-pane sashes above (some altered) as side bays of front. Right return: similar with ground-floor windows all blocked and some altered 1st-floor windows.

Listing NGR: SE2459203320