Billingsgate Market is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1980. Market. 1 related planning application.
Billingsgate Market
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-lintel-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1980
- Type
- Market
- Address
- Billingsgate Market, Lower Thames Street Ec3, City and County of the City of London, EC3R 6EA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 330 806
- Coordinates
- 51.50892, -0.08403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Billingsgate Market is a large building constructed between 1872 and 1873, designed by the architect Sir Horace Jones. The market features a huge brick structure with Portland stone dressings, showcasing a classical style influenced by 17th century French architecture. The road front has raised ends and a central section, which is pedimented and consists of three bays with a round-headed arcade. This arcade is extended to the right and left for an additional five bays. Above the cill bands and cornice, there are sash windows. The end blocks have cornices between the storeys and are decorated with pilasters, stone ornaments, and ornamental dormers.
The river elevation is somewhat similar, featuring four and a half storey end blocks with balustraded tops. The curved mansard lead roof along the frontage includes decorative stone dormers, with a larger dormer in the center that resembles the others.
Inside, the market has a cast-iron roofed structure, with extensive storage accommodation located below. The site has been used for market purposes since the 13th century.
Local climate
Billingsgate Market 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 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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