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End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey former market house, built c. 1770, with slightly lower and slightly recessed two-storey annex to rear. Later used as courthouse and currently in use as library and courthouse. Reconstructed, refurbished and reconverted into courthouse with library on ground floor in 1984. Hipped slate roof with wide stone flag eaves course, clock lantern with weather vane and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with render quoins and moulded cornice to eaves. Round-headed window openings to first floor, flanked by round-headed niches with higher sills, all having render surrounds with triple keystones and painted sills, with impost course to niches. Replacement uPVC windows. Most of ground floor broken out to form large square-headed openings with timber and glazed double-leaf entrance door and fixed uPVC window with painted sill. Round-headed window opening to west elevation with replacement window and square-headed windows to west elevation of annex with timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows and painted sills. Paved area to front of building.
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