5 and 6, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1970. House, shops, offices. 2 related planning applications.
5 and 6, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- second-turret-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1970
- Type
- House, shops, offices
- Address
- 5 and 6, Market Square, Bicester, OX26 6AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 585 223
- Coordinates
- 51.897, -1.14996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 5 and 6 Market Square is a house that has been converted into shops and offices, dating from the 17th century. The building is constructed of part-rendered limestone rubble and features a roof made of plain tiles and Welsh slate, with brick stacks. It has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall, plus attics.
The front, which is rendered, has three windows and includes a wide wing that projects from the middle and right bays. This front is topped by two steep gables that have partly-renewed moulded and scalloped bargeboards, along with the remnants of finials. The first floor contains casement windows with configurations of two, two, and three lights, as well as a two-light window located in the left return wall of the wing. The gables feature tall, narrow offset windows. A large stack rises from the central ridge, and both front gables have smaller stacks. The ground floor has 20th-century shop fronts. The rear of the building is made of rubble and has a slate roof. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
5 and 6, 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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 — 2 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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