CONTRACTORS are working at pace to demolish Newton Abbot’s Grade II listed market.

Work is underway to redevelop the market hall as part of a multi-million pound scheme

Teignbridge Council aims to ‘reinstate historic features’ and restore the building’s ‘original charm’ and to ‘transform it into a welcoming and vibrant space’.

The work, which began late last year and is expected to last until the middle of 2026, is a part of Teignbridge District Council’s £5million pound regeneration project for the building.

The first phase saw the demolition of a section of the 1970s food hall to create a new pedestrian walkway from Market Street to the square.