The Old Market Hall is one of the earliest remaining buildings in the centre of Pontypool, completed in 1730 and paid for by Frances Bray, daughter of the lord of the manor of Westland and Bryngwyn, it remaining in use until 1846 when a new building was erected. The Old Market Hall is distinctly Georgian in style and although the ground-floor level is modern in appearance, the first floor had remained untouched with two Georgian sash windows, and two dedication plaques, one in Welsh and the other in English. An ornamental moulded cornice rises into a gable with decorative stonework detail. The roof is slated and hipped to its southern end and gabled to the north, which abuts the HSBC building.

Ross Cook, RCAHMW. 8th January 2013