38, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1970. Shop and dwelling. 3 related planning applications.
38, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- old-frieze-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1970
- Type
- Shop and dwelling
- Address
- 38, Market Square, Bicester, OX26 6AL
- OS grid reference
- SP 585 223
- Coordinates
- 51.89655, -1.15027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 38 Market Square is a shop and dwelling from the 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. The building features rendered and limestone-rubble walls, and has roofs made of Welsh slate and old plain tiles, along with rendered stacks. It has a double-depth plan with a long rear wing. The front of the building is three storeys high, while the rear wing is two storeys. The rendered front has two windows and includes a moulded cornice and a plain parapet. The first and second floors have 12-pane and 6-pane sash windows, and the ground floor has been built out in the 20th century. The rear wing, which is made of rubble and extends to the left, consists of at least three different building phases and has a steep-pitched roof. The main section at the back has been re-fenestrated, but a lower single-storey section still has older casement windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
38, Market Square 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 78% 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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