The Old Market House is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1950. Market house. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Market House
- WRENN ID
- first-tin-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1950
- Type
- Market house
- Address
- The Old Market House, High Street, SO23 9BL
- OS grid reference
- SU 482 294
- Coordinates
- 51.06209, -1.31335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Market House, located on the south side of High Street, was originally built in 1833 and dated 1857, with a reconstruction completed in 1958. This single-storey building features a classical design characterized by engaged Doric columns and an entablature made of stone. The south and west fronts display Doric columns in antis. The brick walls and windows between the columns are modern infill, and there is a modern first floor. The Old Market House is part of a group that includes the Butter Cross and Nos 25 to 50 (consecutive).
Local climate
The Old Market House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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