Monaghan Market House (Monaghan (Muineachán))

 administrative building, listed building / architectural heritage, 1790s construction

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Detached five-bay single-storey former market house, dated 1792, having breakfronts to middle bays of each long elevation, with pediments to these and to gables. Now in use as arts venue. Pitched slate roof, slightly lower to breakfronts, with grey clayware ridge tiles, having moulded lead-capped gable-copings to pediments, continuous moulded cornice incorporating pediment bases, and replacement rainwater goods. Coursed dressed limestone walls with ashlar plinth course. Rusticated ashlar walls to lower part of gables. Carved panels above all openings, those to breakfronts and to ends of gables being drape festoons with rosettes above; roundels with vegetal motif to end bays of long elevations; oval plaque to tympanum of north gable having laurel border and inscribed 'Dedicated to the convenience of the inhabitants of Monaghan by the Rt Hon Lieu Gen Robert Cuninghame MDCCXCII S.H.of Avondale Del'; and coat of arms of Cunninghams to tympanum of south gable with vegetal accompaniment and with date 'MDCCXCII' to base of pediment below. Round-arched niches with rusticated surrounds to ends of gables. Square-headed blind windows with ashlar surrounds to end bays of long elevations. Round arcading to breakfronts, with dressed stone voussoirs and carved impost course, with recent glazed timber fittings. Doorways to middle of gables have rusticated surrounds and voussoirs, and replacement double-leaf glazed timber fittings.