Market Hall And No 16

The Market Hall, built in 1887 by public subscription to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, incorporates the entrance to number 16. It is constructed of hammer-dressed rubble with quoins, with the ground floor featuring coursed stone and the upper floors utilising snecked stone. A cornice separates the ground and first floors, a string divides the first and second floors, and an interrupted string sits below the eaves band. The moulded cast-iron gutter includes a lion’s head near the right-hand end. The roof is covered with graduated slate.

The building is three storeys high with three bays. To the left, a rusticated pier and responds support wrought-iron double gates, each lintel featuring a weathered inscription (partly renewed) with a central cartouche. The entrance to number 16 is located on the right and features a panelled door and a semicircular fanlight within a surround that has a projecting keystone. Sashes are set within architraves; the first-floor windows are tall and have segmentally-pedimented frames housing shields on either side of the central window. Cast-iron balconies, supported by stone brackets, extend from the second floor, bearing the inscription "PUBLIC MARKET" split to either side of the central window.