Clones Market House

Market house in Monaghan, Ireland, dating from 1840–1845

Corner sited end-of-terrace five-bay two-storey limestone-built former market house, built 1844, to designs by Dublin architect William Deane Butler, having blind attic, and with slightly lower rear return. Pedimented middle three bays project forward. Hipped slate roof to main block, with terracotta ridge tiles concealed behind ashlar parapet. Further parapet above pediment to projection, formerly base of square belvedere removed in twentieth century. Ashlar chimneystack to rear wall with sloped over-sailing stone course, other chimneystacks rise from parapet wall with simple low stacks and decorative clay pots. Replacement galvanized gutters drain into cast-iron hopper head and downpipes. Pediment surmounted by wrought-iron weather vane, and has Lennard crest and motto 'Pour Bien Desirer' to centre of tympanum, reputedly salvaged from earlier market building on site. Raking elements of pediment continue form of that over parapet walls which have moulded stone cornice over dense line of alternating moulded square mutules and scrolled consoles, with recessed diamond-pointed panels between consoles. Frieze beneath this has relief-carved button decoration. Ground floor openings framed by rusticated pilasters and those of first floor by ashlar pilasters, separated by frieze atop cut-stone platband. First floor window openings and rectangular panels are within square-headed recesse

Type:
Market house

Period:
1840–1845

Where:
Monaghan, Ireland

Coordinates:
54.18°N, 7.23°W

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