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Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care Centre — The Square

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Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care Centre — The Square
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Detached Classcial style five-bay two-storey former market house, built 1813, with three central recessed bays beneath oversailing roof, two-storey extension to rear. Extensively renovated c.2005 and now in commercial use. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, replacement uPVC rainwater goods, fascia, and soffit. Roughcast rendered walls to outer bays with stone plinth, quoins, and plat band. Roughcast rendered walls to first floor of recessed bay with central limestone stone plaque having cornice profile. Plaque reads, ‘Erected in MDCCCXIII A year memorable for the Glorious Achievement of Marquis Wellington’. Limestone ashlar walls to ground floor central recessed bays, with plat band continuing to flanking bays. Projecting bays with square-headed opening to first floor and round-headed opening to ground floor having patent reveals, stone sills. Recessed bays having stone-dressed oculi to first floor and three segmental-arched openings to ground floor. Segmental-headed door opening with square-headed window openings above to gables. Recent timber fittings to openings. Stone steps across full width of recess. Set obliquely on corner, opening directly onto street.

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