48 and 49 Market Place

Former terrace of shops and flats, now offices. Built in around the mid-C18 and altered in about the mid-C20.

MATERIALS: the principal, north elevation is faced in stucco and the rear elevation is built of brick. It has a slate-covered roof.

PLAN: a four-storey terraced property now used as offices.

EXTERIOR: the main stucco-faced front elevation is four bays wide and four storeys high. It has banded rustication to the ground floor, which comprises, from left to right: three round-headed six-over-six sash windows, and the main entrance which contains six-panelled double doors under a fanlight that has a moulded surround with moulded impost blocks and a keystone. The moulding to the impost blocks is carried across the elevation, between the windows. The first and second floors each have six-over-six sash windows, whilst the third floor has three-over-six sashes. A leaded string course separates the ground floor and first floor, and there is a stucco band course between the first and second floors. The façade is crowned by a heavily moulded cornice and parapet. Behind the parapet is a mansard roof containing four dormer windows to the attic storey. The rear, south elevation is built of brick.