20, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1971. Building. 1 related planning application.

20, Market Square

WRENN ID
haunted-chimney-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1971
Type
Building
Address
20, Market Square, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1DU
OS grid reference
TL 381 005
Coordinates
51.68667, -0.00298
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 20 Market Square is a 16th-century timber-framed building with two storeys. It features a one-window front facing Market Square and a long south return to Leverton Way with three irregular windows. The building has a T-shaped tiled roof with a moderately high pitch; the front section, which is adjacent to "The Green Dragon" public house, may date from the late 17th century, while the long rear section has a hipped roof at the west end. The walls are currently roughcast, and there is an overhanging first floor along the return. Chamfered and moulded posts at the corners support the upper floor. The front has one renewed sash window on the first floor and an early 20th-century shop front on the ground floor. On the return, there are two renewed casement windows, one sliding sash window, one single door, and one double carriage door. All the listed buildings in Market Square form a group.

Local climate

20, 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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