9 Market Square

Town house in informal terrace, 3 broad bays and 3 storeys with slate gabled roof and rendered end chimneys, large square chimney to left shared with No 11. Boxed eaves. Painted stucco facade with long and short quoins to left and right. Plinth. Square horned 6-pane sashes to 2nd floor, hornless 12-pane sashes to 1st floor, regularly aligned. Ground floor has unaligned 12-pane hornless one to left and two to right of door set slightly left of centre. Recessed fielded 6-panel door with overlight and fluting to door frame. Panelled reveals. Timber doorcase of panelled pilasters with entablature blocks in frieze and shelf cornice. Plain rectangular overlight with fluted bands below. Rear is roughcast with earlier C20 window each floor to left and large roughcast rear wing to centre with flat boarded eaves and end stack, one first floor E 12-pane window and lean-to on N side. Addition beyond at right angles, rubble stone with brick window surrounds, probably earlier C20, 2-storey, 3-window range overlooking rear lane.

Entrance hall has reeded ceiling border, elliptical hall arch. Front left and right rooms partially opened out into single space. Left room has door in W party wall to No 11, of late C17 to early C18 date, chamfered oak frame with run-out stops, plank door with cover strips and wrought iron strap hinges. Ceiling in 2 panels with encased beam, early C19 reeded borders. Fireplace renewed between elliptical-arched recesses, narrow to left, broad to right, each with plaster panelled soffit. Window surround has early C19 reeding and square corner blocks and horizontal fluting in reveals. Panelled shutters with planted mouldings and similar panels to soffit and below sill. Part of cobbled floor and 2 oak steps found. Right room altered, E part was once a carriageway through to rear yard. Two-panel ceiling with plastered beam, reeded half-column and paterae to 2 window surrounds, with panelled shutters, reveals and soffits. Thick wall between front range and rear wing. Rear room has C19 moulded cornice and stone fireplace with cut stone voussoirs to cambered arch. Timber lintel in wall above. Staircase to rear left enclosed in stair tower, winding around square centre masonry pier. Rear wing has later C19 stairs with turned newels and finials. First floor of rear wing has 2 windows to E, 2 encased beams, C20 fireplace, panelled shutters and soffits to both windows. Small room with 2-panel ceiling with reeded borders, reeded window surround with square angle blocks, 6-panel door. Door into front range from rear wing has moulded surround with square angle blocks. Front range first floor has panelled shutters and surrounds with square angle blocks. Attic has oak collar trusses, mostly concealed, panelled doors.