Market Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Market hall.
Market Hall
- WRENN ID
- stranded-newel-willow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1968
- Type
- Market hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SHAP MAIN STREET NY 5614/5 (West side), Shap
27/158 Market Hall
6.2.68 GV II*
Market Hall, now library; c.1687, when market charter obtained by Philip, Lord Wharton. Later additions and alterations. Coursed rubble with quoins. Hipped, graduated slate roofs with stone ridges. 2 low storeys, 4 bays overall. 3-bay arcade to both south and east-sides: Semicircular arches carried on squat columns; lower sections now blocked and arch-heads glazed (all diamond-leaded, the majority with panes set at differing angles). 3 small semicircular-headed recesses above on south side. 2 similar recesses, with blocked circular opening between, on east side. Studded plank door on east side of lower lean-to adjoining north end. Central gabled projection on east side of roof has rectangular recess at front and louvres to sides. Diagonally-set stack, with domical cap, to roof ridge.
Listing NGR: NY5628915150
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