Shambles is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. Market. 3 related planning applications.

Shambles

WRENN ID
gilded-dormer-hazel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1951
Type
Market
Address
Shambles, Market Place, Hexham, NE46 1XQ
OS grid reference
NY 936 640
Coordinates
54.97143, -2.10132
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Shambles is a covered market built in 1766 by Sir Walter Blackett. It features stone columns at the front and wooden columns at the back, arranged in a layout of 9 by 3 bays. The market has a moulded cast iron gutter and a shallow double-pitched slate roof. It is part of a group that includes St Andrew's Church and other listed buildings in the Market Place, with Nos 8, 10, and 16 being of local interest.

Local climate

Shambles receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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