Description

MARKET PLACE
1.
1133
(East Side)
No 8
ST 4938 7/87 21.6.50.
II GV
2.
Previously known as Abbey Gate Restaurant. Late C18 painted brick to late medieval
timber-frame building with some rubble. 2 storeys. Hipped pantile roof. Parapet
coping. 4 windows. Keyblocks. Fixed lights, glazing bars. Modern shop-fronts.
Interior retains much of its original timber-work, a pointed arch with abbatial
arms, 4-centred fireplace etc. Said to be originally part of the Abbey school.
The listed buildings on the East side, the Market Cross, Nos 2 to 12 (even) High
Street, Abbey Gatehouse, Town Hall and St Dunstan's House, Magdalene Street all
form a very important group.

Listing NGR: ST4989738909

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26310074

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)