49 and 50, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1970. Shop, dwelling. 1 related planning application.
49 and 50, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- carved-screen-dale
- 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
- 49 and 50, Market Square, Bicester, OX26 6AJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 585 223
- Coordinates
- 51.89675, -1.15047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
49 and 50 Market Square are two shops and dwellings dating from the late 18th century, with some parts possibly older. The building features rendered timber framing and has roofs made of Welsh slate and concrete plain tiles, with brick stacks at each end. It has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys tall.
Each front has a 12-pane sash window on the first floor and a 6-pane sash window on the second floor, along with bay shop windows at the ground floor. The bay window for No. 49 is likely from the 19th century. The right side of No. 49 has similar windows and 12-pane sashes at the ground floor, while the left side of No. 50 includes a 20th-century slate-roofed extension at the ground floor. The roof has two spans, with the rear roof being steeper and probably older. The interiors have not been inspected. This building forms a prominent group with No. 47, situated on an island site.
Local climate
49 and 50, 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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