Kinsale Museum — Market Square

Freestanding triple curvilinear gable-fronted five-bay three-storey former market house, built c.1610, also in use as courthouse from c.1705. Slate hanging and red brick arcaded facade to front (north-east), added c.1705. Now in use as museum. Pitched slate roofs to gabled bays. Hipped slate roof to rear (south-west) block with cast-iron rainwater goods and octagonal cupola having capped roof surmounted by copper weather vane. Slate hanging to first and second floor of facade over red brick dog-tooth stringcourse between first and second floors with clock to central gable. Red brick voussoirs to arcade arches with sandstone keystones and rendered piers. Blind arches to end bays. Painted rubble stone walls to side (north-west, south-east) and rear (south-west) elevations. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor and nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor. Round-headed Venetian window to central bay of first floor comprising central twelve-over-twelve pane timber sliding sash surmounted by fanlight, with flanking six-over-six pane timber sliding sash side lights. Round-headed door openings to side and rear elevations having brick voussoirs and replacement double-leaf timber battened doors. Replacement timber staircase to interior south-east corner, square-headed door to interior having replacement timber battened doors. Centrally located in Market Square, fronting directly onto street with small cobbled area to rear.