The Market House

The Market House is a late 18th or early 19th century building, originally used as flats with ground-floor stores and cellars intended for the fishing industry, though its original purpose is uncertain. It is built of stone rubble with large granite quoins on the left-hand corner. Parts of the front are rendered and slate-hung, while the roof is scantle slate, hipped at the ends, with a gable end to a shallow projecting wing on the front right. A brick side chimney stack is present, with an axial stack on the front near the centre.

The main range runs parallel to the sea and to the Wheelhouse Restaurant to the south. A shallow projecting wing, running at right angles to the main range, encloses the alleyway between the two buildings and features a wide opening to the ground floor. Access to the cellars and stores on the ground floor, and to the domestic accommodation above, is from within the alleyway.

The front elevations are asymmetrical, facing both the harbour and the Platt. The front to the Platt has an overall two-window arrangement, with double doors to a store on the left and an opening to the alley on the right. The left-hand side has circa 19th century two-light casements with brick segmental arches above them on the first, second, and third floors. The right-hand side features two canted bay windows with slate hanging. The harbour side has an overall four-window asymmetrical front with a mix of sashes, casements, and a ground-floor lean-to store. Plank doors provide access to the cellars within the alley. The rear elevation has stone rubble steps leading up to the first floor entrance, now partly blocked.

The interior is not accessible. The building has important elevations facing the Harbour and the Platt.