Newport Market

Upper Dock Street front. French Renaissance style in red-brown rock-faced stone with pale ashlar dressings. Three storeys plus attic in mansard roof (rebuilt to front). Nine bays; mullion and transom windows with sash glazing. Central tower with steep lead roof with louvre, and windows at 2 levels; tower has 3 stages above main front , corner pinnacles. End bays have steep pavilion roofs with stone dormers. Two storey oriels in 2nd and 3rd, 7th and 8th bays. Central arched entrance rises 2 storeys; 4 shops to each side. Returns of 2 bays in similar style. Elevations to Griffin Street and Market street, have stone walls of single storey to aisles of market hall. High Street elevation in Portland stone, on granite base, in inter-war classical style. Four storeys, 15 windows with metal casement glazing. Dentil cornice; on 2nd floor, 2nd, central and 14th bays are aediculated, with balustrades. First floor is channelled, above full width canopy over shopfronts. Splayed corner bays; returns of 6 windows to Market Street, 8 windows to Griffin Street. Elevations to Griffin Street and Market street, have stone walls of single storey to aisles of market hall; public house in Market Street.

Partially glazed barrel roof of lattice girders. Central hall 192ft (58m) by 145ft (44m), roof 53ft (16m) high. Steps up to side and central galleries. Rear wall of Upper Dock Street block has moulded Renaissance articulation.