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Latitude: 54.9425 / 54°56'32"N
Longitude: -3.9245 / 3°55'28"W
OS Eastings: 276819
OS Northings: 562564
OS Grid: NX768625
Mapcode National: GBR 1C19.41
Mapcode Global: WH4W0.P1DB
Plus Code: 9C6RW3RG+X6
Entry Name: Cattle Market, New Market Street, Castle Douglas
Listing Name: New Market Street Castle Douglas Cattle Mart
Listing Date: 23 April 1990
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 358711
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22976
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Castle Douglas, New Market Street, Cattle Market
ID on this website: 200358711
Location: Castle Douglas
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Town: Castle Douglas
Electoral Ward: Castle Douglas and Crocketford
Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circa 1900. Polychrome cream brick and red sandstone
octagonal mart hall. Brick walling with sandstone quoins and
surrounds. Entrance round arched with double-leaf doors and semi-circular fanlight. Oculi flank doors with 4-pane
windows. Heavy sandstone corbels at eaves, facetted slate
roofs, skylights, triangular ventilators and modern fleche
to apex.
INTERIOR: largely unaltered. Timber lines walls, timber
stepped seating, balustraded ring with ball finials to
gateposts. Intricate roof construction with metal tie rods
radiating from central dropped lantern suspended from dropped
ceiling. Metal rafters and ties.
An unusually complete and fine example of a cattle market
sale ring.
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