Description

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SJ9223SW
590-1/10/82

STAFFORD
ST MARTIN'S PLACE (west side)
No. 4
The Market Vaults

[Previously listed as The Chains Public House, ST MARTIN'S PLACE (West side)]

16/01/51

GV
II

Public house. c1800 with mid C19 addition to left. Brick with stucco addition; roof not visible. Georgian style.

EXTERIOR: three storeys, angled two-window range. Fascia over plastered ground floor; top cornice. Entrance to right end has doorcase with pilasters, entablature and overlight to half-glazed door. Ground floor windows have fluted pilasters, entablatures and timber aprons, two with 16-pane sashes and 2:4:2-pane horned tripartite sash to right; first floor has windows with flat arches over 16-pane sashes; second floor has similar windows, one with 4/8-pane sash, the other blocked; blocked windows to third floor, with shuttered opening to left end. Right return has tripartite window to ground floor, two 16-pane sashes to first floor, two 4/8-pane sashes to second floor, and two tripartite casements to top floor; sign displays chains? for prisoner, a reference to the nearby Shire Hall's law courts.

Stucco addition to left end has rusticated ground floor and top cornice; ground floor has entrance with window in opening with canted angles and large rusticated flat arch, similar arch to entry to left, round-headed entrance to right has fluted pilasters, entablature blocks and open pediment, fanlight with radial glazing bars over six-flush-panel door. Upper floors have windows in architraves with 2:4:2-pane horned tripartite sashes, that to first floor with moulded sill; large dormer and cross-axial stack. Rear has lateral stacks and low wings.

Listing NGR: SJ9222623267

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26507644

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version