- Source: Market houses in Northern Ireland
Market houses are a notable feature of many Northern Ireland towns; their varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation make for a most interesting feature of the streetscape. The market houses were designed with three, four or even five bays on the ground floor which were an open arcade. An upper floor was often used as a court house or ballroom. Ornamentation consisted of a cupola, a clock or sometimes a dome or tower. Today most of the market houses in Ireland have been put to use as cultural venues or business premises. Some are still derelict.
Table of market houses locations
See also
Architecture of Ireland
List of country houses in the United Kingdom
List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland
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References
Sources
A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Samuel Lewis (1838)
Buildings at Risk (various volumes), Ulster Architectural Heritage Society
Saintfield Conservation Area, The Planning Service Agency, Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland
Further reading
McParland, Edward (2001) Public Architecture in Ireland 1680–1760 Yale University Press ISBN 0-300-09064-1
External links
Ulster Architectural Heritage Society
Irish Antiquities (with many pictures of market houses)