Description

PONTEFRACT CORN MARKET
SE 4521 NW
(south-west side)
7/17
Nos 3-9 (odd)(formerly
29.7.50 listed under Beast Fair
3.3..70 as Premises occupied by
Freeman, Hardy & Willis;
Makins; S F Emery and
Martyn North and unoccu-
pied former premises of
Timothy White.)

GV II

Houses, now 3 shops with surgery and offices. Probably C17, re-fronted in late C19,
with C20 alterations. Red/brown brick in English garden wall bond; Welsh slate roof.
2 storeys and loft; 1:2:2:1:2 first-floor windows. On ground floor, to far left,
passage opening leading through to Swales Yard Cottages (qv) at rear; below 6th
window, recessed part-glazed door; C20 shop fronts not of special interest. First-
floor windows: late C19 sashes, replaced by C20 casements in first 3 bays, with
voussoired wedge lintels, and with C20 artificial stone quoined jambs in first 3
bays. Front wall rises up as coped parapet in front of eaves of steeply-pitched
roof, which has four dormer windows, 3 gabled and one with flat pent roof. Brick
ridge stack between 3rd and 4th bays. The 1968 list description records"a Cl7 open
hearth fireplace boarded up and completely concealed" in No 3; it is still concealed.
Other interiors not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE4544021905

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587259

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)