Survey Data
Reg No
20402801
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Weighbridge/weighhouse
In Use As
Community centre
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
164269, 184534
Date Recorded
24/09/1997
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding polygonal-plan single-bay single-storey former market weigh house, built c. 1855, now in use as community centre. Hipped artificial slate roof with aluminium rainwater goods. Snecked sandstone walls with cut-limestone quoins. Cut-limestone block-and-start dressings to openings with lintels channelled to represent voussoirs and keystones. Replacement fittings to openings. Coved ceiling and flagged floor to interior. Rubble stone boundary walls and weighbridge to site.