Market Hall, Front Steps And Attached Railings

SAXMUNDHAM

TM3863 HIGH STREET 841-1/3/23 (West side) Market Hall, front steps and attached railings

GV II

Corn Hall, now indoor market. 1836 restored 1992. By Robert Appleton. Stuccoed brick: roof not visible. EXTERIOR: single-storey 3-bay front recessed between flanking screen walls, 1-bay to left, 2 bays to right. Bays are defined by arcades of round arches on plain pilasters with imposts, those to screen walls blind. Double-leaf door under projecting flat hood with 6-pane overlight and circular clock face above recessed beneath central arch. Side arches have bottom-hung casements with glazing bars. Arch spandrels contain stucco laurel wreaths. Full width moulded cornice and low parapet surmounted in the centre by segment-headed panel containing a coat of arms and the motto: 'Dieu et ma Patrie'. Flanking screen walls mask Nos 25 & 27 High Street (qv) to left and the Bell Hotel, No.31 High Street (qv) to right. Shallow flight of steps with curving balustrade of stick railings leads to main door. INTERIOR: simple open hall without decoration. C20 suspended ceiling. (Brown C: Dictionary of Architects of Suffolk Buildings 1800-1914: Ipswich: 1991-: 29; BOE: Pevsner N: Suffolk, 2nd Edition: Harmondsworth: 1974-: 413).

Listing NGR: TM3864863142