2, 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. 1 related planning application.
2, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- eternal-chapel-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 and dwelling
- Address
- 2, Market Square, Bicester, OX26 6AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 586 223
- Coordinates
- 51.89673, -1.14977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Market Square is a shop and dwelling dating from the early to mid 19th century. The building features part-rendered brick with some stucco dressings and has a Welsh-slate roof with brick end stacks. It has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys tall. The front, which is rendered, has a three-window arrangement with 4-pane sashes that have stucco architraves on the upper floors, and the first floor features cornices on consoles. There is a 20th-century shop front with a vehicular entrance on the extreme right. The roof is of two spans, and the rear is constructed of brick with additional sashes. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
2, 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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- 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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