market house — Pearse Square

Terraced four-bay three-storey former market house, built c. 1800, as middle part of ten-bay centrepiece forming south side of Pearse Square. Now in use as shops. Moulded render pediment to front elevation with moulded render panels and metal clock face to centre with render surround. Painted rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed window openings with decorative moulded render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, having moulded render sill courses, those to first floor having continuous label-moulding course. Triple arcade to ground floor, openings having moulded render surrounds comprising panelled render pilasters with decorative capitals and fluted moulded render archivolts. Opening to centre having two square-headed openings with timber panelled doors and flanked by panelled render pilasters and divided by panelled render panel, with render architraves and cornices and having stained glass fanlight spanning both doorways. Flanking window openings have plate-glass display windows with render sills.