19, Market Place

No. 19 Market Place is a house with a shop that dates back to around 1453. It was built as part of the "New Works" by Bishop Bekynton and has undergone modifications in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building features ashlar stonework that is colourwashed, with a Welsh slate roof behind a parapet and a brick chimney stack.

The exterior consists of three storeys and a single wide bay. The ground floor has a slightly projecting shop front, which is possibly from the 19th century but was modified in the mid-20th century. It includes full-width, full-depth display windows, a central deep recessed glazed door, and a very deep fascia that may conceal earlier work. The upper floors feature a wide shallow canted bay window that reaches the full height of the parapet, incorporating sash windows with 12+16+12 panes on the first floor and 9+12+9 panes on the second floor. There is an original moulded string course above the second floor, which is pierced by the bay, and a downpipe with a hopper-head to the left, along with a stack at the raised coped verge.

Inside, the ground floor has a four-compartment ceiling with moulded beams and a four-centred arch in the rear wall. A 19th-century stair leads to a chamfered stone four-centred doorway, with an 18th-century door alongside. The first-floor front room features a two-compartment ceiling with moulded beams. There is a stone newel stair with cased treads leading to the upper floor, which has a ceiling, although parts of two windbraces are exposed in the rear space, and a tie has been added at low level to the centre truss. The rear wall has a late 19th-century three-light casement window at eaves level, and the stairwell includes a small rectangular light with an iron stanchion.

This building is part of an outstanding late medieval planned urban group.