Description

TENBURY CP MARKET SQUARE (centre)
SO 5868 - 5968
8/114
The Old Market Hall

GV II

Former market hall. Early to mid-C19. Brick with blue brick dressings
and plain tiled conical roof with overhanging eaves on shaped brackets
and raised ridge, louvred copper section with terracotta ridge tiles (and
formerly with end finials). Oval plan. Single storey with chamfered plinth.
Gothick style. Upper half of walls occupied by continuous row of 4-light
traceried windows with square heads and projecting blue brick sill courses.
There is an entrance at the south-west and north-east ends; both have cusped
ogee-arched heads which are inserted into the lower part of the window. The
south-west entrance has a set of double doors whilst the north-east entrance
has a pair of gates. Interior: the floor is laid with blue brick herringbone
paving and there are two semi-circular benches (an outer and an inner one) on
cast iron supports either side of the central through-passage. (BoE, p 279).

Listing NGR: SO5949868222

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26360833

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair