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

NEWARK ON TRENT

SK7953NE MARKET PLACE 619-1/8/225 (West side) 19/05/71 Nos.5,6 & 7

GV II

Includes: No.9 CHAIN LANE. 3 houses, now 3 shops. Mid and late C18, with early and mid C19 and late C20 alterations. Colourwashed brick with stone dressings and steep pitched slate roof with 2 brick ridge stacks. Quoins, moulded first floor band, half-round brick eaves, gutter on brackets, kneelers. 3 storeys plus attics; 5 window range of segment headed windows. 2 plain sashes to left, three 12 pane sashes to right, the right one being larger. Between the second and third and fourth and fifth, a smaller blocked round headed window. Above, similar fenestration with brick flat arches, third and fourth sashes with glazing bars. Above again, 3 pedimented dormers with 2-light glazing bar casements. Below, off-centre plain entry to Chain Lane. To left, outstanding mid C19 wooden shopfront with pilasters and dentillated cornice to inscribed glazed fascia, topped with scrolled wrought iron crest and wooden lettering. Central recessed glazed door with overlight, flanked by single pane windows, all with round corners. To right, 2 boarded up shopfronts. Northern rear wing (9 Chain Lane) has early C19 slate mansard roof. 2 storeys; 3 window range of 12 pane sashes and above, 3 box dormers with 2-light glazing bar casements. Ground floor has 3 wooden shopfronts, 1990. Interior has fire damaged butt purlin principal rafter roof partly of reused timber.

Listing NGR: SK7984553917