Description

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE MARKET PLACE SJ 99 NW (east side)

4/17 Market Hall (formerly listed as West Front and tower of Market Hall) 12/1/67

G.V. II

Market Hall. Rebuilt in 1867 and enlarged in 1881 and 1930. Brick with ashlar dressings. Large single-storey rectangular plan, the principal elevation facing onto the market square. Total of 19 bays with a central tower, projecting plinth, impost band and modillion eaves cornice with blocking course. Arcade of semi-circular lights within arched recesses with keystones below recessed brick panels. Bays 8 and 14 are slightly advanced and have entrance doors below the arches. The tower rises 2 stages above the parapet. It bears a coat of arms, a datestone (A.D. 1867), small arched lights, polychromatic brick decoration, clock faces within keyed oculi and a balustered parapet above a cornice. The left bays and left return were added in 1881 and the extreme right bays, the right return and the rear were added in 1930. Cast and wrought-iron roof structure on cast-iron columns. W. Glover, History of Ashton-under-Lyne, 1884.

Listing NGR: SJ9396299169

External Links

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