2-8, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. Block of shops. 3 related planning applications.
2-8, The Square
- WRENN ID
- first-alcove-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Block of shops
- Address
- 2-8, The Square, LE16 7PA
- OS grid reference
- SP 734 872
- Coordinates
- 52.47794, -0.91995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
2-8 The Square is an early 19th-century block with stuccoed facades, a moulded eaves cornice, and a hipped slate roof. It features a rounded and recessed corner at Adam and Eve Street. The building stands three storeys tall and has four windows, all of which are sashes. The windows at Nos 4, 6, and 8 have glazing bars and incised lintels with keystones, while No 2 has unbarred sashes with moulded stucco architraves.
The ground floor shop fronts include: - No 2, which has a good early 19th-century shop front with a dentil cornice, pilasters, and consoles, featuring two windows on Adam and Eve Street with the same details. The entrance is located in the rounded corner and has two steps, with no glazing bars. - No 4 has a 19th-century shop front with a dentil cornice, architrave, and panelled pilasters, though only vertical glazing bars remain. There is a side shop door. - No 6 features an entablature with a cornice that is partly covered by a fascia board, along with a shop window and side door. - No 8 has a 19th-century shop front with an entablature that includes a dentil cornice, architrave, consoles, and panelled pilasters, with a shop window where only vertical glazing bars remain, and a side door.
Local climate
2-8, The Square receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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