28 and 32 Market Street

Early-C19 shops with accommodation above, altered in the late-C20.

MATERIALS: the building is constructed of brick with stucco render to the gable end of the principal range. The roof is covered in slate.

PLAN: rectangular on plan, oriented roughly west to east.

EXTERIOR: the principal facade of the building faces north and is across seven bays over three storeys with a window opening within each bay on the upper floors. The sixth bay is blind owing to the conversion to a larger dwelling at the west end of the upper floors. The remaining bays each have a sash window with slim glazing bars on the first and second floors. The first-floor sashes are six-over-six with the windows above three-over-three. The shop fronts dates to the C20.

The upper storey flats are accessed via an entrance at the north end of Union Passage with a total of three separate dwellings on the upper floors with access on top of the flat-roofed extension (not included in the listing). The three apartments are each arranged over the two upper storeys with the west end apartment having two bedrooms and two further one-bedroom units to the east. The fenestration on the south façade has been altered with C20 sash windows in various sizes and C20 entrance doors.

INTERIOR: the interiors of the two shop units have been modernised throughout with the shops continuing to the rear flat-roofed ranges containing storerooms and offices (not included). The upper floor apartments created in the late-C20 are each arranged over the first and second floor and have modern fittings and finishes throughout.