1-8, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Almshouses.

1-8, Market Place

WRENN ID
proud-panel-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Type
Almshouses
Address
1-8, Market Place, Lambourn
OS grid reference
SU 326 789
Coordinates
51.50895, -1.53101
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 1 to 8 Market Place are almshouses founded by John Estbury in 1502 and rebuilt by Henry Hippisley in 1852, with the architect being T. Talbot Bury. The building is arranged around a square courtyard and is constructed of brick with a stone tile roof, standing two storeys high. A timber arcade surrounds the paved courtyard, which features a well at its center. The entrance is marked by a picturesque, unsymmetrical tower that rises three storeys and has diaper brickwork with a battlemented parapet. The building also includes stone mullioned windows and an arched entrance with a stone band above, which bears an inscription.

Local climate

1-8, Market Place receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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