Old Market Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1960. Market hall.
Old Market Hall
- WRENN ID
- upper-balcony-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1960
- Type
- Market hall
- Address
- Old Market Hall, High Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 669 833
- Coordinates
- 51.52396, 0.40566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Market Hall, formerly known as Woolmarket House, is a building from the 14th century that has undergone extensive later alterations and modernisation. The ground floor is open and supported by massive oak posts, featuring flat arch bracing, while the first floor is heavily joisted. The timber on the exterior at the first floor level is primarily from the 17th and 20th centuries. The building also has modern windows.
Local climate
Old Market Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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