27 and 28, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1966. House. 5 related planning applications.
27 and 28, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- haunted-pilaster-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- 27 and 28, Market Square, Potton, SG19 2NP
- OS grid reference
- TL 223 491
- Coordinates
- 52.12742, -0.21469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A house, originally one building, now divided into two properties at 27 and 28 Market Square, in Potton. It probably dates from the 16th century, with significant alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The exterior is a colourwashed roughcast render, which obscures some underlying timber framing and brick rebuilding. The roof is covered in clay tiles. The building follows an L-shape, with the right-hand gable projecting slightly and having a lower roofline.
The ground floor of number 27 has been built out to the line of the gable and now features a 20th-century shop front and entrance door. Number 28 also has a 20th-century shop front. The first floor contains one 20th-century casement window and two tripartite sash windows with glazing bars. Chimney stacks have been removed. The west-facing elevation of number 28, which borders Sun Street, has 20th-century replacement casement windows. It adjoins numbers 3 and 5 Sun Street, which are listed separately.
Local climate
27 and 28, Market Square sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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