Ballynahinch Market House

The building was commissioned by the Earl of Moira, whose seat was at Moira Castle, as a covered market for the local people. It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry and was completed in 1795. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with four bays facing onto the Market Square; it was arcaded on the ground floor, so that markets could be held, with an assembly room on the first floor. There were four irregular openings with on the ground floor and four sash windows with window cills on the first floor. At roof level, there was a parapet, a central pediment and pinnacles at each end. Munro was subsequently taken to Lisburn where he was tried and hanged. In…