18 and 18a, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.
18 and 18a, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- hidden-tallow-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 18 and 18a, Market Square, Leighton-Linslade, LU7 1HE
- OS grid reference
- SP 922 250
- Coordinates
- 51.9164, -0.66058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 18 and 18A Market Square are located on the east side of the square. The building, formerly known as No 21, dates back to the 16th century and features a back elevation with exposed timber framework and red brick nogging. The side and front elevations have been modernly rebuilt. Nos 18 to 26 (even) and No 18A are part of a group.
Local climate
18 and 18a, Market Square sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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