16 and 17, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Commercial. 20 related planning applications.
16 and 17, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- deep-pavement-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 16 and 17, Market Square, Wellington, TF1 1BU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 650 116
- Coordinates
- 52.70098, -2.51834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, numbers 16 and 17 Market Square, dates to around 1840. It is a large structure built of red brick with stucco dressings. The building is three stories high and has four bays. The first and second floors are emphasized by coupled brick pilasters which support an entablature with a heavy cornice and blocking course. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars and have panelled lintels with moulded hoods supported on console brackets. There are two modern shop fronts at ground level. The building is listed for its contribution to the group value of the surrounding buildings.
Local climate
16 and 17, Market Square receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 5 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 20 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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