10 Market Place

This is an early 19th century shop that was extensively refitted in the 1930s. The building faces the south side of the Market Place and is rectangular in plan, with a rear wing. A mid-20th century rear extension and a two-storey 19th-century building at the rear of the site are not included in the listing.

The main building, which fronts the Market Place, is four storeys high and has three bays. It features a stone-coped parapet and a wide band at the first-floor sill level. The ground-floor shop front has a plain frieze with wooden edging, and is characterised by two black granite stall risers supporting square, metal-framed bay windows. The recessed double wooden doors consist of a single lower panel and a long glazed panel above, with brass handles and an overlight. The porch floor is pale grey marble with a black marble sunburst design. A wooden door on the left has four long panels, with four smaller square panels at the top, two of which are glazed with bullseye glass; it has an overlight and a decorative surround of blue tiles with cream panels edged in a black and white billet pattern.

The third floor has three six-over-six pane recessed sash windows with straight gauged brick arches. The second floor has three similar six-over-six pane sashes, and the first floor features two larger six-over-six pane windows, with one being a 1930s French window. The sash windows have horns and are not original. Windows on the rear elevation are 20th century and also have cambered gauged brick arches.

The shop interior is exceptional, exhibiting very fine Art Deco fittings in complete detail. These include an elaborate geometric black and white tiled floor, pale grey marble-topped counters, and full-height white tiled walls. Decorative features include pale blue moulded tile dado rails and skirting, a dado band of mottled blue, grey and pink tiles embellished with fylfot or three-leaf and berries motifs, and a frieze of stylised foliage and swags. The shop also has an egg-and-dart cornice and a decorative ceiling in shallow relief, along with original chrome wall hanging bars. Behind the main counter is a double wooden door with brass hinges and glazed upper panels.

On the upper floors, few original early 19th century features remain, with exceptions including a hob grate in one bedroom, a reeded door surround to the principal reception room, and a handsome door surround in a wide opening with fluted jambs and corner blocks, which originally led to a garden or conservatory. Later fireplaces include an Art Deco example in the principal reception room, and some Edwardian six-panelled doors.