29, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1978. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
29, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- low-tallow-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1978
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 29, Market Place, Biggleswade, SG18 8AQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 190 445
- Coordinates
- 52.08676, -0.26454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 29 Market Place is a mid-19th century building constructed of gault brick. The right-hand section is a refacing of an earlier timber-framed structure. It stands three storeys tall with a slate roof and features six windows, although the fifth from the left is blocked. There are five sash windows, with gauged brick heads on three of the left side and stucco heads on three of the right side. The building also boasts attractive 19th-century shop fronts that include decorated timber fascias and brass lettering.
Local climate
29, Market Place 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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 1999
- 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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