1792 – Market House, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
The Market House was designed by Colonel William Hayes of Avondale, County Wicklow and stands in the middle of Market Square.
The Market House was designed by Colonel William Hayes of Avondale, County Wicklow and stands in the middle of Market Square.
Described in Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland as “There is a large court-house in the square, built by Lord Moira in 1795,
Originally designed by Francis Johnston who lived in Drogheda from 1786 to 1793 while working on a commission from Primate Robinson.
In the second volume of his Original Designs in Architecture, published in 1797, James Lewis wrote “Plan of the Market and Store Houses,
The Sessions House, as it was first known, was built as part of the Lismore estate,
Sited at the top of Kilmorey Square, the Market House contained a covered market space at ground level with a municipal space above.
Still intact, sited in the centre of the market square, but now much defaced by its usage as a service station.
Moira Market House was built about 1810 for Sir R Bateson. It is a two-storey three-bay structure with the central bay breaking forward on each side.
On a steeply sloped site in Market Square, the former Market House featured an open arcade of arches at ground level (to the rear of the façade above).
Believed to have been built to replace an earlier and similar structure, as John Rocque’s map of 1757 shows a market house in the same location.