48 and 49 Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1973. Office.

48 and 49 Market Place

WRENN ID
low-forge-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1973
Type
Office
Address
48 and 49 Market Place, Berkshire, RG1 2DE
OS grid reference
SU 716 734
Coordinates
51.45531, -0.9696
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

48 and 49 Market Place is a former terrace of shops and flats, now used as offices. It was built around the mid-18th century and altered in the mid-20th century.

The principal north elevation is faced in stucco, while the rear elevation is constructed of brick, topped with a slate-covered roof. The building is a four-storey terraced property.

The main stucco-faced front elevation is four bays wide and four storeys high. It features banded rustication on the ground floor, which includes, from left to right, three round-headed six-over-six sash windows and the main entrance, consisting of six-panelled double doors under a fanlight with a moulded surround, moulded impost blocks, and a keystone. The moulding of the impost blocks extends across the elevation between the windows. The first and second floors each have six-over-six sash windows, while the third floor has three-over-six sashes. A leaded string course separates the ground floor from the first floor, and there is a stucco band course between the first and second floors. The façade is topped with a heavily moulded cornice and parapet, behind which is a mansard roof that includes four dormer windows in the attic storey. The rear south elevation is built of brick.

Local climate

48 and 49 Market Place sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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