Description

BISHOP AUCKLAND

NZ2130 MARKET PLACE 634-1/8/52 (South side) 20/09/72 Nos.1A AND 1B (Formerly Listed as: MARKET PLACE No.1)

GV II

Formerly known as: Auckland House MARKET PLACE. House and later shops. Former department store now 3 separate shops. Left part c1850 with C20 ground floor alterations. Ashlar with brick right return. Welsh slate roof. Classical style. 3 storeys, 7 windows. Ground floor has renewed shop windows and doors; left shop has double door at left, wide entrance with roll shutter in 2nd and 3rd bays. Right shop has central recessed door. Full width fascia possibly obscures original shop entablature. Giant attached Corinthian order above, 2nd and 6th bays wider, supports entablature with dentils, modillions and blocking course. Plain reveals to fixed lights with fine glazing bars, possibly metal, and opening transoms. Voussoirs to round heads on first floor and segmental arches of paired lights in wider bays. Second floor has 9-pane lights on bracketed sill band behind orders.

Listing NGR: NZ2112030058

External Links

• Wikidata Q26505158

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)