12, 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.
12, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- vacant-spandrel-alder
- 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
- 12, Market Square, Bicester
- OS grid reference
- SP 585 224
- Coordinates
- 51.89714, -1.15072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 12 Market Square is a shop and dwelling that dates from the early 18th century and the mid-19th century. The building features part-rendered brick and coursed squared limestone rubble, with wooden lintels. It has a combination of Welsh-slate and plain-tile roofs, along with brick stacks. The structure has a narrow double-depth plan with a long rear wing and consists of three storeys at the front and two storeys at the rear, plus attics.
The front facade, which is rendered and three storeys high, includes a moulded band at the second floor. A large canted bay window is present at the first floor, while the second floor has two 4-pane sash windows. Both of these windows are adorned with ornamental cast-iron guard rails, scalloped blind boxes, and vermiculated stucco keyblocks. The shop front has been altered in the 20th century. The four-window rear wing retains two early 18th-century leaded cross windows and features a steep-pitched roof. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
12, 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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