38 Market Place

38 Market Place is a former townhouse built in the mid-18th century, with a late-18th century extension at the rear. In 1821, the ground floor was remodeled to serve as a chemist and druggist shop, and around 2006, the upper floors were divided into four flats.

The building is constructed of painted brick and features a roof made of black-glazed pantiles. It stands three storeys high with five bays. The ground floor has a late-20th century double plate-glass shopfront with canted returns that extend across the three left-hand bays. The fourth bay contains a four-panelled door with a pilastered surround, while the fifth bay has 20th-century double doors within a corbelled doorcase that provides access to the rear. On the first floor, there are five six-over-six unhorned sash windows, and on the second floor, there are five three-over-three unhorned sash windows. The building is topped with a wide timber eaves leading to a bell-cast gabled roof, which has internal gable-end stacks on both the north and south sides.

Inside, the ground floor was opened up in the early 20th century to create a single retail space, although the former front room still features a mid-18th century moulded cornice and a doorway in the south wall with a pulvinated frieze. A rear passageway leads to a late-18th century staircase extension, which includes stick-baluster stairs with a ramped handrail and an arched staircase window. The first-floor front room showcases a moulded dentil cornice and six-panelled doors, while the second-floor staircase landing has two fielded dado panels.