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Latitude: 52.0744 / 52°4'27"N
Longitude: -3.1253 / 3°7'31"W
OS Eastings: 322971
OS Northings: 242377
OS Grid: SO229423
Mapcode National: GBR F1.CFDJ
Mapcode Global: VH6BJ.S443
Plus Code: 9C4R3VFF+QV
Entry Name: Butter Market
Listing Date: 24 October 1951
Last Amended: 1 February 1988
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 7394
Building Class: Commercial
ID on this website: 300007394
Location: To E of the Cheese Market; set in the slope between Market Street and High Town.
County: Powys
Community: Hay (Y Gelli Gandryll)
Community: Hay
Built-Up Area: Hay-on-Wye
Traditional County: Brecknockshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Dated 1833; built by William Enoch on the site of a previous Butter Market; restored in 1984 following the building's enclosure for use as a store in the 2nd World War.
The design suggests a miniature Doric Temple. Rubble open colonnaded structure, 3 bays by 9. Hipped slate roof with cornice and plane entablature over cylindrical columns with entasis; rubble base. Higher entrances to N and S sides with blocking courses; segmental arched openings with voussoirs.
Interior has 6-bay timber roof with king-post trusses. Plaque to S side reads "This building was restored by members of the Warren Club in the year 1984 and opened by Mr. Bert Breeze BEM".
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