Description

SK 06 SE
5/69

LONGNOR C.P.
MARKET PLACE
The Market Hall

GV
II

Market Hall. Dated 1873. Coursed and squared rubble with ashlar quoin
strips and dressings; blue machine tile roof; verge parapets. Of eclectic
style with classical, Gothic and Flemish influences. Single-storey, three-
bay front, outer, recessed 3-light mullioned windows in panels with modillions
at head of rebates, frieze and cornice over to parapet, ball
finials at angles; central break to entrance bay taken up to cusped
shaped gable, corniced at shoulders with ball and obelisk finials and
strapwork consoles to flanking parapet; carved stone Crewe and Harpur
arms, armorial emblems and datestone set over painted plaque of market
tariffs, all within gable and over round-arched entrance; moulded
surround and imposts and C20 doors with fanlight. Round-arch windows
to gable ends with simple tracery. Identifies the definitive village
centre, visible from some considerable distance, well set-off against
the church to the north.

Listing NGR: SK0887664937

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553102

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)