Wexford Market — Bull Ring

Market place, built 1871, including: Pair of single-bay (twelve-bay deep) single-storey gabled-fronted wings on rectangular plans. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roofs on strutted King post timber construction on timber beams on cast-iron pillars on cut-granite chamfered plinths, lichen-covered roll moulded clay ridge tiles, decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined coursed rubble stone walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Segmental-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite flush sill courses, timber mullions supporting timber transoms, and rusticated rendered block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing three-over-six timber sash windows having one-over-two sidelights below fanlights. Square fronted with cut-granite piers to perimeter on benchmark-inscribed cut-granite chamfered plinths having cut-granite capping supporting wrought iron railings.