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8, Market Place

A Grade II Listed Building in Pontefract, Wakefield

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.692 / 53°41'31"N

Longitude: -1.3104 / 1°18'37"W

OS Eastings: 445634

OS Northings: 421944

OS Grid: SE456219

Mapcode National: GBR MT9R.38

Mapcode Global: WHDC6.VG5J

Plus Code: 9C5WMMRQ+QR

Entry Name: 8, Market Place

Listing Date: 3 March 1975

Last Amended: 15 November 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1313287

English Heritage Legacy ID: 342682

ID on this website: 101313287

Location: Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF8

County: Wakefield

Electoral Ward/Division: Pontefract North

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Pontefract

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Pontefract St Giles with St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


PONTEFRACT MARKET PLACE
SE 4521 NE
(north-west side)
8/43 No 8
(formerly listed as 'No 8
3.3.75 (The Tankard Public House)')
GV II

House, now public house. Probably late C18 with later alterations. Red brick in
Flemish bond, partly painted, with painted stucco dressings and slate roof. Three
storeys, 4 bays with central entrance. Ground floor is recessed and painted and
has central semi-circular-headed doorcase with bolection-moulded architrave, 6-panel
door and leaded fanlight. To either side there are bow windows on brick plinths
with 3 18-pane sashes to each, brick sills and wooden cornices. In front of the
doorcase are 2 C20 wooden columns supporting modern fascia with original stone
cornice below centre point and moulded sill band to first-floor windows at top.
First and second floors have rusticated stucco quoins. First floor has 4 tall sash
windows with glazing bars in elaborate pedimented surrounds with eared and
shouldered architraves set over raised quoined jambs, corniced keystones to
architraves and plain friezes to pediments. Moulded second-floor sill band and
4 unequally-hung 9-pane sashes in similar surrounds, but with plain architraves
and without pediments. Eaves band. Stone coped gable to left. C19 brick end
stacks.


Listing NGR: SE4563421943

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