Description

BISHOP AUCKLAND

NZ2130 MARKET PLACE
634-1/8/58 (South side)
21/04/52 No.8

GV II

Formerly known as: No.13 MARKET PLACE.
Shown on OS map as 13.
House, now restaurant and flat. Early C18 with early C19
alterations. Painted pebble-dashed render and ashlar plinth
and dressings. Concrete tile roof.
3 storeys, 1 window. Plain stone surround to 6-panel door with
plain overlight. Shallow tripartite bow window at right with
fine glazing bars to 8:12:8-pane sashes, and scroll brackets
to cornice. First-floor sill band to paired 12-pane sashes
with flat stone lintel, plain stone surround to 9-pane
second-floor sashes. Stone eaves gutter cornice. Roof has
plain stone gable coping at left, and end chimneys, the right
raised when adjacent house built to higher level. Left return
rendered when adjacent building demolished.
INTERIOR shows ground-floor rooms united and some late C20 Art
Deco style stained glass. Some doors on first floor have
fluted architraves with corner paterae; first-floor front room
has stucco ceiling decoration of leafy frieze and palmette
band. Second floor has 2-panel doors to closet at left end of
transverse passage, and to small room in rear wing. The latter
room has early C18 Greek key fret frieze on dado of raised
fielded panels, all painted dark blue in C18 manner. Some
early C19 cast-iron fire grates. Stair early C19 with stick
balusters and curved handrail.

Listing NGR: NZ2121030080

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505161

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)