page_title: Pontefract Market Hall
section_title: Architectural style
hierarchical_section_title: Pontefract Market Hall / Architectural style
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of Pontefract Market Hall, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. Taken on the afternoon of Thursday the 25th of April 2019.
context_page_description: Pontefract Market Hall is a market hall in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was completed in 1860. Pontefract market takes place both in the hall an on the Market Place on which the hall is situated. It was designated a Grade II listed building in 1950.
context_section_description: The front is of dressed ashlar and the rear of brick.  The current roof is of twentieth-century construction and is of metal construction with part-glazing. The front has three prominent bays.  The two side bays have Corinthian pilasters with moulded plinths.  The central bay has a tall papapet with a large semi-circular arch and bull's head keystone and the arms of the Borough of Pontefract.  The interior has been largely altered, most recently in the 1960s, and is not listed.
caption: interior of the market
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