6 and 8, Market Street is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. A C19 Commercial premises. 4 related planning applications.
6 and 8, Market Street
- WRENN ID
- hushed-clay-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Commercial premises
- Address
- 6 and 8, Market Street, City of Leicester, LE1 6DP
- OS grid reference
- SK 587 042
- Coordinates
- 52.63323, -1.13371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 6 and 8 Market Street are originally two premises dating from the early 19th century. The left side is constructed of brick with a slate hipped roof featuring wide eaves soffits. It has three storeys and three windows, with rubbed flat brick arches and sash windows that include glazing bars. There is a sill band above the first-floor windows. The right side is stuccoed and also has three storeys, but features only one window. It includes pilasters on the first and second floors, a cornice, and a panelled parapet. The first floor has semi-circular bowed sashes with glazing bars, accompanied by thin pilasters and a cornice, while the second floor has a three-light sash. The ground floor has been modernized with wood, featuring wide fluted pilasters and multi-pane bowed windows.
Local climate
6 and 8, Market Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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