35a (The Old Reading Room) and 35 Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1987. House.
35a (The Old Reading Room) and 35 Market Place
- WRENN ID
- blind-cellar-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- 35a (The Old Reading Room) and 35 Market Place, Folkingham, NG34 0SE
- OS grid reference
- TF 071 336
- Coordinates
- 52.88995, -0.40847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
35A (The Old Reading Room) and 35 Market Place is a building that was originally three cottages, dating from the early 18th century with some 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of limestone rubble and features steeply pitched roofs covered in pantiles and concrete tiles, with a single gable, ridge, and lateral stacks.
The building has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high with an attic. The west front has four bays, including a blocked doorway on the right and two 20th-century casement windows to the left, along with a single 20th-century casement window on the right. To the left, there are two two-light sliding sash windows, while the right side has 20th-century casements. All windows have wooden lintels. The south side of the building is of no particular interest.
This listing is included for its group value only.
Local climate
35a (The Old Reading Room) and 35 Market Place sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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