Description

LINCOLN

SK9771SE WATERSIDE SOUTH
1941-1/12/395 Central Market
08/10/53

II

Market hall. 1938, incorporating the front of the former
Butter Market of 1737. By Robert Atkinson. Ashlar and brick,
with steel frame and Roman tile roof with clerestory.
Classical style, matching the Butter Market front.
Moulded plinth, rusticated ground floor, quoins, coped parapet
with baluster panels, and urn finials at the corners. Single
storey and 2 storeys, 12 bays. Projecting north front, 2 bays,
has pediment. 2 round headed doorways with wrought-iron
overthrows. Between them, a datestone, inscribed "John Lobsey,
Mayor, 1737". Above, a Venetian window with pseudo-balustrade
and dentilled cornice. In the pediment, the City arms enriched
with sprays. Beyond, on either side, a blocked doorway with
barred overlight, and 4 blank round headed arches. Beyond
again, corner pavilions with clasping pilasters and blocked
doorways with barred overlights.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 523).

Listing NGR: SK9761371096

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668283

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)