24, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1970. Shop, dwelling, offices. 5 related planning applications.
24, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- sacred-basalt-quill
- 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, offices
- Address
- 24, Market Square, Bicester, OX26 6AD
- OS grid reference
- SP 584 223
- Coordinates
- 51.89681, -1.15168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid-18th century shop and dwelling, now offices, is located on the north side of Bicester Market Square. The building comprises a main range with a long rear wing. It is constructed of chequer brick with some red-brick dressings, limestone rubble, and has a Welsh-slate roof with rebuilt brick gable stacks. The symmetrical three-window front is flanked by projecting brick strips that rise above the eaves. A first-floor storeyband and a brick dentil eaves course are also visible. The upper windows have red-brick segmental arches and contain four-pane sashes, which are slightly smaller on the second floor. The middle windows are blind, except for the top one, which holds a sundial. The shop front retains narrow, panelled pilasters to the flanking doorways, which have carved consoles supporting a fascia with a modillion cornice. The rear of the main range is constructed of rubble. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
24, 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.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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