Originally built as a meat market, in the late 1990's refurbished as the 'Tontines Shopping Centre', in 1999 used as Waterstone's Book Shop and also a Wetherstone's Public House 'Reginald Mitchell' 

A listed building

Corner of the Meat Market 
Tontine Street to the left, Percy Street to the right. The ashlar frontage is low and classical -  the central arched entrance (shown below) is surmounted by a stone turret - when the market closed in 1987 the cupola was missing, but it was added during the subsequent refurbishment. 

Main Entrance on Tontine Street
Note the Cupola, with the clock face, over the entrance. 

It was from this covered market that Potteries' people drew lots for tickets to escape to a hopefully better life in the New World.

Built in 1831 as a shambles (butchers slaughterhouse), the cattle market was in nearby Lower Bethesda Street. The market closed on Saturday 14th November 1987. Three days later the stallholders were trading in the underground market of the new 'Potteries Shopping Centre' in Market Square.