33 And 35, Market Place

PONTEFRACT MARKET PLACE SE 4521 NE (south-east side) 8/40 Nos 33 and 35 (formerly 29.7.50 listed as Premises occu- pied by Prices, Tailors Ltd, No 33 and No 33A)

GV II

Two or 3 houses or inn, now 2 shops. Probably late C16 or early C17, with later alterations. Timber framed, rendered; graduated stone slate roof. U-shaped plan, with central passage giving access to 2 rear wings. 3 storeys, 1:1 bays. Front elevation has second-floor jetty. Central passage is flanked by C20 shop fronts, not of special interest. Second-floor jetty is carried on 4 first-floor Doric half- columns with pronounced entasis; their bases are not visible. They form a narrow central bay over the passage, which has a sash window with glazing bars in flush exposed sash box, and wide outer bays each with a segmental bow window, with sashes to left, and sashes with 8:16:8 panes to right. The second floor has 4 unevenly- spaced sash windows with projecting sills and flush timber architraves. Cornice. Stack at right end. Both rear wings have extensions which are not of special interest. Interior greatly altered.

Listing NGR: SE4559121866