The Market House

The Market House is a market house built in 1862 on the site of a former market house, which was modernised around 1970. It is constructed from granite stone rubble with granite ashlar detailing and has a slate roof. The building has an octagonal shape and faces south-east. The rear section has always included public lavatories on either side of a small room. Originally, the front was open, but it has since been filled with small shops. There is a front door leading to a central stairwell that goes up to a first-floor room in the roof space.

The exterior features a large two-centred arched doorway with a chamfered surround, and the head of the arch is filled with an iron grille. Above this doorway is a gable that contains an uninscribed plaque. The two sides flanking the entrance have been converted into shops. The corner posts between these sections have battered plinths and soffit-chamfered caps. The lavatories each have a narrow two-centred arch doorway, and the rear room includes a large two-light window with Decorated Gothic tracery. The pyramid roof has gabled dormers that contain arch-headed fixed pane windows, and at the apex, there is a louvred lantern topped by a narrow spire and a wrought iron weather vane. The interior was modernised around 1970. This site was originally home to a 16th-century market house and courthouse, first mentioned in 1574.