15 Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. Dwelling house. 2 related planning applications.

15 Market Place

WRENN ID
open-attic-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Dwelling house
Address
15 Market Place, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7AB
OS grid reference
TF 819 089
Coordinates
52.64796, 0.68811
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

15 Market Place is a building likely dating to the early 18th century, which was used as an inn by the late 18th century. It was converted into a dwelling house in the early 20th century and later operated as a restaurant or café from the late 20th century.

The building is constructed of red brick laid in English bond and features a pantiled roof. It has a rectangular plan and is situated in the middle of a range of buildings that face south onto the Market Place.

The exterior of this two-storey, three-bay building includes a pitched roof with internal gable-end chimney stacks on both the east and west sides, along with a dentil eaves cornice. To the left of center is an early 20th-century half-glazed door, and to its right is a small arched window with colored glass in the margin lights. The outer bays are illuminated by three-light 19th-century casements, and the first floor has three three-light, center-opening casements.

Interior photographs taken around 2023 by the Swaffham Cultural Consortium and Swaffham History Group reveal some exposed timber framing.

Local climate

15 Market Place sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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