NHER 34123 (Building record) - 20 to 21 Market Place

August 1974. Listed, Grade II.
Both buildings listed.

Listing Description excerpt for 20 Market Place:
"House and shop, now all a shop, integral on the ground floor with No.21. 17th-century origins, re-fronted mid 19th century, altered late 20th century. Red brick, rendered and colourwashed. Pantiled roof. Three storeys; three-window range. Mid 20th-century plate-glass shop front under a prominent fascia board...Eaves cornice with mutule brackets. Gabled roof. Internal gable-end stacks north and south. To the rear is a hipped warehouse range of two storeys and dormer attic…
INTERIOR: ground floor 20th-century in character, opened out into a unified sales floor contiguous with No.21 . The two cellar ranges run parallel to street. Front range of 17th-century brick, sunk-quadrant moulded bridging beams and two blocked shutes to the street. Rear cellar also 17th-century brick, re-used 16th-century roll-moulded and crenellated bridging beams and north and south walls clad in 17th-century small-framed panelling."

Listing Description excerpt for 21 Market Place:
"Shop with flat over. 17th-century origins, re-built c.1840, altered late 20th century. Gault brick under a slate roof. Two gabled ranges. Three storeys; two-window range. Ground floor with a mid 20th-century plate-glass shop front extending over No.20…Gabled roof with a segmental-headed dormer fitted with plate glass. Stack to north on front roof slope. Rear range with stack to north on rear roof slope.
INTERIOR: Ground floor opened out as one sales area and contiguous with No.20. Cellar runs perpendicular to street line: 17th-century brick."

Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2022.

December 1998. Building Survey.
20 to 21 Market Place examined.
18th/19th century buildings stand on top of 17th century cellars with some panelling.
See description (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 17 December 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2022.