1 and 3 Market Street

Shops and houses, now restaurants and offices. Circa 1837 by Benjamin Green
for Richard Grainger. Part of left return of Theatre Royal in Grey Street.
Sandstone ashlar, Welsh slate roof. Restaurants have circa 1900 curved shop
windows with slender pilasters, leaded upper lights and round heads, flanking
central recessed glazed doors. Central office entrance has panelled double
door and overlight with glazing bars. Upper floors have giant Tuscan Order
to 2 right bays which project slightly. Architraves to all windows; those in
2 right bays have cornices to first and projecting stone sills to second floors.
Second-floor entablature. Plain reveals to top sashes under eaves band and
cornice. LISTED GRADE 2*