Winster Market House

The building was commissioned by the lord of the manor which, from 1570, was Gervase and Anthony Eyre of Newbold Manor. It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in coursed stone and red brick and was completed in the 16th century. It was originally open on the ground floor, so that markets could be held, with an assembly hall on the first floor. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of two bays facing north onto Main Street. There were short columns with imposts supporting stone arches on the ground floor, while the first floor was faced in brick, and fenestrated by cross-windows with stone surrounds. The end bays were similar in style except that the gables above…