Cattle Market, Queen Street, Newton Stewart

The Cattle Market on Queen Street in Newton Stewart, built around 1900, features an octagonal sale ring and a single-storey office.

The sale hall has an octagonal plan and is constructed of white painted brick, with plain brick quoins and a round arched doorway. The main entrance includes a semi-circular fanlight above two-leaf boarded doors. There is an additional door leading to the cattle pens directly opposite the public entrance, along with a pedestrian door to the right. The roof is a grey slate piended funnel shape, equipped with skylights and a louvred, gabled square ventilating lantern.

Inside, the hall contains tiered timber viewing benches surrounding the circular ring, with cast-iron railings featuring ball finials on the posts. The open boarded roof is supported by cast-iron wheel ties, which hold pendant lamps.

The office is a single-storey, three-bay structure located next to the sale ring. It is harled with a painted base course and margins, featuring a central door flanked by windows. The gable ends include stacks, and the windows are four-pane sash and case. Inside, there is a vestibule at the centre leading to offices on either side. The public office on the right has boarded walls, a 1930s chimneypiece, a panelled timber reception desk, and what appears to be a fine original safe.