25 and 25a, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1970. Shop, dwelling.
25 and 25a, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- rough-wicket-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1970
- Type
- Shop, dwelling
- Address
- 25 and 25a, Market Square, Bicester
- OS grid reference
- SP 584 223
- Coordinates
- 51.89678, -1.15177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 25 and 25A in Market Square is a shop and dwelling that dates from the late 18th century, with possible earlier elements, and has been altered in the 19th century. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and colourwashed brick, topped with a roof made of concrete plain tiles and artificial stone slates, featuring brick stacks. It consists of a main range and a long rear wing, standing two storeys high, with parts raised to three storeys.
The front of the building has two windows, with 12-pane sash windows on the first floor that are adorned with gauged brick flat arches. The ground floor features a large 20th-century bay window, flanked by original doorways that have two-panel doors and ornamental overlights. The 19th-century roof has projecting boxed eaves and a left verge. The left gable wall is built of rubble with brick quoins and extends to a rubble rear wing. The first part of the rear wing includes a canted bay window, two sash windows on the first floor, and additional sashes on the second floor, which is made of 19th-century brick. The second part of the rear wing has casement windows on both floors, with stop-chamfered lintels; the lower opening was formerly a wide doorway. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
25 and 25a, 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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