5, 6, 7, MARKET PLACE (See details for further address information)

Nos. 5, 6, and 7 Market Place, which also includes No. 9 Chain Lane, are three houses that have been converted into three shops. They date from the mid to late 18th century, with early to mid 19th century and late 20th century alterations. The buildings are constructed of colourwashed brick with stone dressings and feature a steeply pitched slate roof with two brick ridge stacks. Architectural details include quoins, a moulded first floor band, half-round brick eaves, a gutter supported on brackets, and kneelers.

The structure has three storeys plus attics and a five-window range of segment-headed windows. On the left, there are two plain sashes, while the right side has three 12-pane sashes, with the rightmost being larger. Between the second and third, as well as the fourth and fifth windows, there are smaller blocked round-headed windows. The upper section features similar fenestration with brick flat arches, and the third and fourth sashes have glazing bars. Above this, there are three pedimented dormers with 2-light glazing bar casements.

The ground floor has an off-centre plain entry to Chain Lane. To the left, there is an impressive mid-19th century wooden shopfront with pilasters and a dentillated cornice above an inscribed glazed fascia, topped with a scrolled wrought iron crest and wooden lettering. The central recessed glazed door has an overlight and is flanked by single-pane windows, all with rounded corners. To the right, there are two boarded-up shopfronts. The northern rear wing at 9 Chain Lane features an early 19th century slate mansard roof and is two storeys high with a three-window range of 12-pane sashes, above which are three box dormers with 2-light glazing bar casements. The ground floor has three wooden shopfronts from 1990. The interior has a fire-damaged butt purlin principal rafter roof, partly made of reused timber.