点评:Tuesday afternoon 22nd August and we took a stroll around this historic old market in the heart of Kingston.
Back in the day this was once a bustling market filled with fruit, vegetables, fish and other stalls. It is now predominantly street food stalls.
The triangular shaped market is surrounded by beautiful old Tudor style buildings, mostly shops, worth walking around just to look at the buildings and their ornate fronts.
At the bottom, larger end of the Market stands the impressive Grade II listed, Market House with it's two tall towers, one at each side of the building. It was built in 1840 and served as the town hall until 1935.
The bowed front entrance has balcony above it with a stone balustrade. Standing at the front of the balcony is the guilded statue of Queen Anne, which overlooks the Market.
At the top end of the Market, the apex of the triangle, stands the Shrubsole Memorial. This statue pays tribute to Henry Shrubsole who was mayor of Kingston on three occasions.
翻译:8 月 22 日星期二下午,我们在金斯顿市中心这个历史悠久的老市场漫步。
过去,这里曾经是一个熙熙攘攘的市场,摆满了水果、蔬菜、鱼和其他摊位。现在主要是街头小吃摊。
三角形的市场周围环绕着美丽的都铎风格的古老建筑,其中大部分是商店,值得四处走走,看看这些建筑及其华丽的正面。
在市场的底部,较大的一端矗立着令人印象深刻的二级保护建筑市场大楼,它有两座高塔,建筑的每一侧各有一座。它建于 1840 年,一直作为市政厅直到 1935 年。
弓形的正门上方有一个带有石栏杆的阳台。阳台前面矗立着安妮女王的雕像,俯瞰着市场。
在市场的顶端,即三角形的顶点,矗立着灌木索纪念碑。这座雕像是为了向三度担任金斯顿市长的亨利·施拉布索尔 (Henry Shrubsole) 致敬。