Description

BROUGHTON WEST THE SQUARE (south-west side)
SD 2187
Broughton-in-Furness
23/60 Market Hall
G.V. II

Market Hall. c1760. For Gilpin Sawrey. Roughcast stone with ashlar
dressings and slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Ground floor has round-arched
arcade on square piers with plain capital blocks, the arches with keys and
hoodboards, now with infill of entrances and small-paned glazing. lst floor
has paired round-headed windows with keys and sashes with glazing bars,
Central clock face in square architrave dated 1766; lantern on bracket to end.
Bell turret to ridge is square with round arches, pyramidal roof, ball finial
and weather vane with hunting figures. Guilt as part of planned town square,
an unusual feature in a Cumbrian village.

Listing NGR: SD2120987556

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Market Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26431403

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)