11 High Street

The building at 11 High Street is a largely stone structure with a slate roof, dating from the Jacobean style period. It is a two-storeyed range planned symmetrically, with a prominent three-window entrance range set forward, flanked by lower, single-window ranges that now house shops. The central entrance bay features a segmentally arched entrance, with the upper storey corbelled out and topped by a mullioned and transomed oriel window with leaded lights and a strapwork parapet, all beneath a shaped gable with finials. Original full-height segmental openings to either side of the central gable have been altered to form windows for the adjacent shops. Above these are 3-light mullioned and transomed windows with leaded glazing, pedimented heads, and shaped gablets breaking the eaves. Lower side ranges are slightly recessed and flanked by pilasters topped with urn finials. Number 11 retains a late 19th-century front with ornate panelled pilasters. The rear entrance to the market hall, dating from around 1879-80, is an extension and echoes the design of the General Market entrance across the street. It features a segmentally arched entry with renewed doors and glazed tympanum, supported by stone shafts with foliate capitals. Stepped terracotta corbelling follows the line of a steep stone coped gable. A two-storeyed shop building projecting from the left side of this entrance is dated 1880, with a stressed angled entrance featuring panelled pilasters, a stone panel carrying the date as a cornice, and a heavy cast iron scrolled lantern. The shop has paired round-headed windows with a central stone shaft, terracotta rosettes, and a continuous hood mould. A terracotta corbel table is found between the outer pilasters. The roof is hipped with lead finials. Within the market hall, two permanent stalls or shops on either side of the High Street entrance display late 19th-century detailing. The hall itself is an eight-bay structure with timber trusses supported by cast iron columns with wrought iron braces, forming aisles.