City Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Markets — Chancery Street

Corner-sited double-height red brick and terracotta market, erected 1892, having fifteen-bay north elevation to Mary's Lane and twenty-four bay west elevation to St. Michan's Street. Hipped roof of eight pitches arranged on east-west axis, with recent elevated ventilated roof. Carved stone cornice, arcaded red brick walls having square panels of foliated faience with central floral boss to spandrels. Moulded red brick arches with yellow brick intrados and moulded terracotta corbels to impost of arch depicting fruit, vegetables and fish, supported on carved granite pilasters. Red brick risers to blind arcades, having polychromatic yellow and red brick chevron ornament to every second arcade, cast-iron grille to opening to every other tympanum. Canted bay to corner of Mary's Lane and St. Michan's Street, and angled bay to east of Mary's Lane having carved limestone temple front with paired pilasters and dentillated pediment. Round-arched carriage arch set within temple front, with carved limestone surround with figurative keystone, double-leaf timber and cast-iron panelled doors with cast-iron grille to tympanum with Dublin insignia of three castles. Central round-headed carriage arch to north and west elevations, flanked by carved limestone Corinthian columns, supporting entablature with dentillated cornice. Two sculpted stone figures and city insignia over Mary's Lane entrance, cast metal plaque to frieze of both entrances. Flanked to either side by smaller square-headed door opening with bull-nosed brick surround, dentillated cornice and frieze with swag, timber panelled door protected by cast-iron gates. Oculus window opening over door opening, having moulded brick surround and cast-iron grille. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to rear (east) elevation with red brick voussoirs and cast-iron overlight over timber panelled sliding doors. Red brick screen wall to east of site to Arran Street East, yard bounded by steel railings to Chancery Street to south. To the interior, steel arches and roof trusses supported by cast-iron columns, some recently replaced by copies. Brick walls, some painted, and painted timber boards advertising names of wholesalers.