Image ID: 42723

Market Place, Newark, c 1920s

Courtesy of Antoine

Market Place
Newark on Trent
Nottinghamshire
England

Looking west with Stodman Street to the left.Dominating the square is the Palladian Town Hall designed by John Carr of York. The first stone was laid for this fine Georgian building in 1773, but the building had been in use for some time before it was possible to acquire the land to build the wing to the left. The Palladian style of the building is similar to many other buildings designed by Carr. He was a designer with a fashionable reputation as well as being a Mayor of York in 1770. He had worked with two notable architects of the time, Lord Burlington and Robert Adam. The influence of these two can be seen in various rooms of the Town Hall and most notably in the Ballroom. Other notable buildings by Carr, such as Harewood House, Bootham Lunatic Asylum and the female Debtors Prison in York, and the Royal Crescent in Buxton also bore the stamp of their influence. The final cost of the Town Hall was around £ 17,000, including the addition of two private houses which make up the North and South Wings of the building. It was built between 1774-6 of Mansfield Stone, its most dominant feature being its tall Doric columns and pediment. It incorporated a shambles or butchers market behind the main block. The Borough Polices headquarters were located in the right-hand wing until 1947.

Date: c 1920

Organisation Reference: NCCE002765

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