47, Market Place, Leicester is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Commercial building.

47, Market Place, Leicester

WRENN ID
scattered-moulding-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Commercial building
Address
47, Market Place, Leicester, City of Leicester, LE1 5EL
OS grid reference
SK 588 044
Coordinates
52.63461, -1.13233
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 47 Market Place in Leicester is an early 19th-century building. It is finished in stucco and has a slate roof. The structure features a moulded eaves cornice, impost, and bands. It stands four storeys tall and has two windows in shallow recesses that extend through the building. The second and third floor windows are sashes without glazing bars, while the first floor has been replaced by casements with leaded panes. The ground floor has a modern shop front with a large fascia board. This building is part of a group of listed buildings on the east side of Market Place.

Local climate

47, Market Place, Leicester 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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