Description

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SD 72 NE
7/4

ACCRINGTON
BLACKBURN ROAD
Market Hall

(Formerly listed as Old Market House)

GV
II

Market house, 1868, by J.F. Doyle. Ashlar, three-span roof of slate and glass supported on iron frame. Wide rectangular plan, gable to road. Two storeys. Robust nine-bay symmetrical facade in ornate Renaissance style: Corinthian pilasters to ends and centre, flanking blind arcading with cornice and balustraded parapet. The centre three bays are treated as a Triumphal Arch with round-headed doorway (a bull's head on the keystone), and ornate panelled attic which has a clockface between cherubs with cornucopias and carries on each side sculptured groups of figures with agricultural produce; the flanking walls each have a central door, sashed ground floor windows and circular first floor windows. Side walls have coupled sashes and first floor lunettes, tall chimneys on the parapet, and a pedimented entrance in the centre.

Interior: seven-bay nave and aisle arcade of slim iron columns supporting slender roof trusses with tie-rods; balcony round all sides (carrying offices).

History: built by Local Board of Health.

Listing NGR: SD7606928626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328637

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)