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The Shambles — Allen Square

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The Shambles — Allen Square
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Freestanding polygonal-plan former market, built 1817, now in use as flats and retail units following renovations, c.2000. Multiple recent additions to interior including flats and retail units. Multiple faced battered rubble stone walls with plinth course and battered rubble stone buttresses to corners. Rendered and roughcast rendered walls to north and north-west elevations. Suppressed oculus openings with dressed limestone voussoirs and recent steel bars throughout. Recent square-headed door openings to western elevation, having rendered surrounds and recent timber doors. Camber-headed door opening to north-east elevation having dressed sandstone surround and voussoirs with timber battened door. Three-bay two-storey former gatehouse to front (south-west) elevation having integral carriage arch and recess to central bay. Recent hipped slate roof with limestone cornice to eaves, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills to front elevation, having replacement bi-partite timber sliding sash windows. Camber-headed carriage arch to central bay having dressed sandstone surrounds and voussoirs housing recent wrought-iron gate. Recent addition of steel sheet warehouse/workshop to north-west elevation of exterior.

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