The Market Buildings is a Grade II* listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Market building. 4 related planning applications.
The Market Buildings
- WRENN ID
- carved-footing-bone
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Market building
- Address
- The Market Buildings, 2-6, Market Square, the Gorge, TF8 7AQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 672 034
- Coordinates
- 52.62799, -2.48461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Buildings, located on Ironbridge Market Square, date from the early 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick with a hipped slate roof and features four gabled dormers and brick chimney stacks. It is three storeys high, with a five-window arrangement to the first and second floors. The end and central bays project slightly, and the central bay is topped with a pediment containing an oval window. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, with triple-light windows in moulded wooden frames on the first floor, set within arched recesses with impost bands. A moulded string runs across the building at the first floor level. The ground floor originally comprised five segmental arcaded arches, which were open but are now filled in with later shopfronts, including a Post Office. Each arch is topped with an oval window.
Local climate
The Market Buildings receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 12 transactions since 1997
- 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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