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Former market hall, constructed in 1867 and originally used as a corn exchange, but also for the sale of farm animals and implements, and as a drill hall. Only the advanced entrance now remains. The 1st edition OS map shows a rectangular agricultural hall, but by the time of the 2nd edition OS map, an octagonal and rectangular building with pens have been added to the West and South. These have since been removed, and the South part of the site is now built over. It was built in 1867 as an Agricultural Hall by Forres Agricultural Hall Joint Stock Co Ltd, originally as a corn exchange, and designed by A and W Reid. It is a long rectangular market hall, with an advanced three-bay gabled entrance to the street. The frontage is of coursed rubble with polished ashlar dressings, and the flanks are constructed of rubble. There are paired round-headed entrances under a hoodmould, decorated with carved heads of cattle, sheep, and a sheaf of corn with a potato and turnip. The entrances are flanked by round-headed windows, and there are three long similar windows above. There is a corbelled eaves course, and overhanging eaves. The roof is of slate, with a vent running the length of the hall. One pair of decorative stacks survive. Internally, a gallery runs along three sides of the building, supported on iron columns. The gallery fascia is decorated with a stencil design, incorporating farmyard beasts, fowls and sheaves of corn. It has a complex aisled hall type timber roof. The octagonal sales ring was a later addition, which has since been removed. Photographic recording was carried out in May 2018, and there was further building recording by AOC Archaeology in April 2019. Most of the building was demolished circa 2016.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
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NJ05NW0311 - HAMILTON'S AUCTION MART, TYTLER STREET, FORRES