10, Market Place

ULVERSTON

SD2878 MARKET PLACE 626-1/3/63 (East side) 21/11/72 No.10

GV II

Marked on OS as No.2 King Street. Chemist's shop with accommodation above. Possibly mid C19 with mid to late C18 and C17 remains. Painted scored render with slate roof and yellow brick chimney caps. 2 storeys plus attic. The building occupies a prominent corner site, with a 2-bay gable facing King Street. The 1st-floor windows are 6-pane sashes with plain reveals. The attic is lit by a single round-headed window with Gothick glazing. At the left on the ground floor there is a shop window with plain reveals, and at the right there is a timber shop window with glazing bars. A similar window faces south towards the Market Place. Between them, set at 45 degrees, is the entrance doorway. A continuous timber entablature links the 2 facades and is inscribed 'PATENT MEDICINES TEA OIL DRUG WAREHOUSE'. Above the doorway there is a large curved sign-board and a pestle and mortar. Above the southern window there is a 6-pane sash with plain reveals. Set back to its right, adjoining No.9A Market Place (qv) at right angles, is a gabled single-bay wing which has a 5-panel door on the ground floor, a glazing bar sash above on the 1st floor, and a small opening within an attic gable. There are chimney caps on the ridge to the left of this bay and on the gable facing King Street. A rear wing faces north towards a yard which opens into Lower Brook Street and has chamfered mullioned windows of C17 type and a slated door canopy.

Listing NGR: SD2856378373