18, Market Place

No. 18 Market Place is a shop with living accommodation above, built in the late 19th century. It features a red-brick front with painted cement or stone details, and there may be bands of patterned and coloured tiling beneath the paint. The building has a slate roof and a red-brick chimney at the rear, designed in a classical style.

The structure has three storeys with a garret and a three-window range. The middle windows are set in a projection that rises above the eaves, creating a dormer gable with a triangular pediment. The ground storey has a shop front with a house door to the left. Above the door is an entablature flanked by large fluted consoles that support shaped blocks. The second storey features a plain three-light window in the centre with a plain lintel and a moulded cornice above, which serves as a pedestal for a pair of giant pilasters that support the pediment. The middle window on the third storey has an eared architrave and a panelled apron. The window in the dormer gable is segmental-headed with a scrolled keystone, while there are four wood-mullioned casements with two transom lights, each containing six panes, with the sill extending to reach the flanking pilasters. The outer windows on the second storey have eared architraves and buttresses at the foot, with moulded cornices designed to accommodate a non-existent frieze. The corresponding windows on the third storey are plain but have moulded sills and shaped aprons.

Plain painted bands, which may have originally been tiled, connect the window heads in both upper storeys. A prominent moulded eaves cornice is interrupted in the centre by the dormer gable, with each end section supported by fluted brackets. The second and third-storey windows have sashes with horns, and those in the third storey have a single upright glazing bar. The rear wall, visible from Bridge Street, is rendered, and the windows are mostly from the 20th century. However, at the left of each of the second and third storeys, there are box-framed sash windows, with the lower sashes having six panes and the upper ones three panes. In front of these are two lower brick buildings and one wooden building. The interior has not been inspected. This bold design is a prominent feature of the Market Place area.