1869 – Design for Corn Exchange and Market, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Architect: Robert Griffiths
Design proposal for new markst as published in The Building News, November 5 1869. Demolished in the 1960s. The building measured 313 feet in length and was topped by a 150 foot tall tower with four clock faces and a spire. Desi
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Believed to have been built to replace an earlier and similar structure, as John Rocque’s map of 1757 shows a market house in the same location. Dating from the early 19th century, it is a freestanding single-storey building originally with round-headed open arcade to ground floor. In 1951 the building was purchased by Kildare County
1830 – Market House, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan
A two-storey five-bay building, with outer two breaking forward, composed of dressed limestone, random rubble and red brick. The three central bays have round arches at the lower storey and rectangular windows at the upper storey.
Photography copyright Kieran Campbell under the Crea
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A two-storey five-bay building, with outer two breaking forward, composed of dressed limestone, random rubble and red brick. The three central bays have round arches at the lower storey and rectangular windows at the upper storey. Photography copyright Kieran Campbell under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
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