General Market

The General Market is a market building originally constructed in 1837 and extensively remodeled in 1904 at a cost of £1,000. It was enlarged in 1877. The structure features 12 window screen walls with entrances located at the center and at both ends on Green Street. The aisled market hall runs from east to west behind these walls. The one-storey screen walls are made of squared coursed rubble with freestone dressings. They include a blocking course with pilasters, a moulded cornice, and a string course. The windows are primarily two-light, with single lights flanking the main entrance, and feature stone voussoirs, freestone architraves, and small paned iron hopper windows.

The entrance facing Queen Street has three bays and is topped with a triangular pediment. It includes a blocking course and a plain entablature with the inscription "BUILT 1837 - GENERAL MARKET - RENOVATED 1904." There are four pilasters with simply moulded capitals, which step forward at the central bay, featuring a roundel that reads "SICILLUM COMMUNE VILLAE DE NEATH" surrounding a sandstone relief of the civic arms. The masonry panels are similar to those found at the tripartite entrance. The broad central entry has original ironwork overthrow, modern gates, and half-glazed inner doors, while flanking doorways have grilles leading to blind rectangular fanlights.

Additional entrances are located at the extreme right end and the splayed left corner of the Green Street elevation. These feature an open pediment, a blocking course, and a plain entablature, with keystoned round arches and impost blocks, as well as pilasters with moulded capitals. The original ironwork is present in the tympanum, accompanied by modern gates and inner doors. A similar entrance is found at Charlesville Place. The roofs of the aisles are slated with glass panels supported by an internal iron arcade, while the main roof is hipped, made of corrugated iron with glass panels and a raised lantern top. Louvres and external catwalks are present where the main roof meets the aisle roof.

Inside, the aisles surround a rectangular open central hall. Girders with scrolled ironwork brackets support the aisle roofs. A gallery with a latticework balustrade overlooks built-in stalls that feature panelled fascias and wooden roller blind boxes in the aisles. The main roof is tongue and groove boarded with iron stays, and the top lantern is fully glazed.