The New Market Tavern

The New Market Tavern is a building constructed in 1853, featuring coursed rubble with a high plinth and hipped slate roofs that have tiled cresting and boarded eaves. The main façade consists of an advanced three-bay front with classical freestone details. It has a pediment with a large blind roundel above a plain entablature that includes lettering and the date. Each bay is flanked by paired Tuscan pilasters over a plinth. The windows are horned sash types, with a 20-pane window in the center and 16-pane windows on the sides. The entrance has panelled double doors, although some glazing bars have been removed from the overlight.

To the left, there is a two-storey, three-bay range built in 1903, which features a roof that steps up slightly at the corner. This section has cambered voussoir heads above the horned 16-pane sashes and a six-panel door to the right with an overlight, all adorned with tall keystones. Attached to the right are enlargements that include a single-storey, L-shaped market building. This structure has a tall roof that rises to a raised clerestory, which features an open pediment containing a round-arched louvred ventilator. The roof is partially glazed below the clerestory.

The long façade facing Market Street has a central datestone and tall, broad semi-circular arched openings on either side, also with tall keystones. Modern glazed double doors are present, accompanied by tall small-pane overlights. The west side has a long six-bay rubble elevation, which includes a blocked doorway and a tall round-arched doorway at the far end.

On the east side, the front wall projects to support an iron gate pier at the yard entrance. Behind this, the side elevation features stock brick dressings and horned sash windows. The main market building extends eastward, forming the short arm of the 'L', and has a two-storey elevation facing the yard. This section has a broken gable with a raised clerestory and a louvered roundel above a central thermal window with small-pane glazing. There are entrances on both sides similar to those on the Market Street front, although the right-hand doorway has been mostly bricked up. The main north-south range continues a short distance beyond this arm, and the two clerestories are not linked. The interior has been altered and features a false ceiling.