Market House Inn

CREDITON

SS826000 PARLIAMENT STREET 672-1/5/139 (North side) 11/10/72 Nos.2 & 3 (Formerly Listed as: PARLIAMENT STREET (North side) No.3 Market House Inn)

GV II

House in use as offices. Circa 1836. Flemish bond brick, the rounded corners header bond; slate roof with gabled ends;end stacks with multiple shafts and old pots. Italianate style. Plan: double depth rectangular plan. Exterior: 3 storeys. Rounded front corners. 3-bay front divided by pilasters. On the ground floor the pilasters are stuccoed with capitals below a deep stuccoed platband with a moulded cornice. Brick platband at second floor level and below a cornice under the parapet, which rises with a panel in the centre. Central doorway with moulded consoles (porchhood probably missing) and doorcase with panelled reveals. Recessed 6-panel door with a deep overlight. All windows original with flat guaged brick arches: 2 ground and 3 first floor 16-pane sashes; 3 second floor 4/8-pane sashes. Attic dormer behind parapet. The left (west) return, which overlooks a lane between this building and the Market House Inn (now called the Three Little Pigs), is in a slightly plainer style. The platbands are carried round and the centre bay is flanked by pilasters. Central doorway with a doorcase with panelled pilasters and reveals and a shallow porch hood on moulded consoles. Recessed 6-panel door with an overlight. Large 32-pane sash above the door. The rear elevation preserves some original sashes. Interior: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. This building is part of an interesting c.1836 planned development which involved re-siting the market from the High Street and contemporary associated buildings surrounding it, including the Ship (q.v), houses in Market Street and this building.

Listing NGR: SS8329000414