50, 50A and 50B Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1973. Former house. 3 related planning applications.

50, 50A and 50B Market Place

WRENN ID
haunted-railing-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1973
Type
Former house
Address
50, 50A and 50B Market Place, Swaffham, PE37 7QH
OS grid reference
TF 819 088
Coordinates
52.64702, 0.6881
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, originally a house built in the late 18th century, has undergone several changes over time. In the early 19th century, the ground floor was remodelled to create two shops. Later, in the mid-19th century, it was converted into a temperance hotel, followed by further alterations after the Second World War to become a restaurant and café. As of 2024, it functions as a shop and café with residential accommodation above.

The building is constructed of rendered, roughcast and colourwashed brick and flint, with the ground floor featuring a mid-20th century mock timber frame. It has a pantile roof and a brick stack.

The exterior is a two-storey plus attic building arranged in five bays. The ground floor has three late 20th century shop display windows. The first floor showcases five six-over-six horned sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Above this is a dentil cornice, and the attic features four flat-headed dormers with two-light casements and square-pane glazing, all dating to the 20th century. The return side facing Cley Road has an off-centre casement window on the first floor, and a gable-end stack rebuilt in the 20th century. A rear wing was reconstructed in the late 20th century.

Local climate

50, 50A and 50B 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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