[2][3] The site they selected was open land at the corner of Cheapside and the High Street where weekly markets were typically held.

[1] It was designed by George Wilkinson in the Italianate style, built by a local mason, James Pettifer, in rubble masonry at a cost of £300 and it was completed later that year.

[2] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the High Street; the central bay, which slightly projected forward and was gabled, featured two openings with architraves and keystones on the ground floor and three tall round headed windows with architraves and keystones on the first floor.

[5] The lords of the manor, Thomas Denton and Frederick Whitaker, conveyed the site to trustees after the building was completed and the conveyancing fees had been paid.

[6] The market in Bampton failed to attract many merchants and was described by one of the then lords of the manor, Edward Whitaker, in the mid 19th century as a "white elephant".