NHER 14260 (Building record) - 15 and 16 Market Place

15 and 16 Market Place. 17 Market Place now recorded under NHER 16139.

October 1951. Listed Grade II.
Listing description excerpt:
"Shop, early 18th century. Painted brick. Steep pantile roof with shaped gable ends. Moulded eaves cornice. Plain string course at floor level. Two storeys. First floor five sashes with glazing bars in moulded casing. Ground floor, central sash replaced by plate glass, 19th-century pilastered shop front with cornice, central glazed door with rectangular fanlight. Small early 20th-century shop window on right, and early/mid-19th-century doorcase with reeded architrave, cornice, narrow rectangular fanlight and glazed and panelled door. Brick stacks over gable ends."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 February 2022.

November 1978. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
House, now Fruit and Fish & Chip Shop, Market Place. Five bays, two storeys (modern shop fronts). Shaped gables (rendered over). Original
chimneys. Later 17th century, but windows early Georgian.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 29 November 1978. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 February 2022.

October 2000. Building Survey.
Examined by E. Rose (NLA).
Numbers 15 and 16 form the remains of a magnificent 15th-century first floor hall, possibly above shops; one rear wing contemporary, the other 17th century, or later with reused timbers. Façade and gables replaced in brick in 17th/18th century.
For further details see report (S3), photographs (S4) and (S5) and architect's plans (S6) also in file. The results of this survey are also noted in (S7).
E. Rose (NLA), 9 October 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 February 2022.