31, 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.
31, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- carved-buttress-sunrise
- 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
- 31, Market Square, Bicester, OX26 6AG
- OS grid reference
- SP 585 223
- Coordinates
- 51.8966, -1.15122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century shop and dwelling located on the south side of Bicester Market Square. The building is constructed of rendered timber framing, with a Welsh-slate roof and a brick end stack. It has a double-depth plan and three storeys plus attics. The front elevation features a tripartite sash window at the first floor and a double sash window at the second floor. A mansard roof features deep boxed eaves. A stack to the left includes a cluster of old shafts. A 20th-century shop front has been inserted. Internally, there are winder stairs on the upper floors. A large, 20th-century extension to the rear is not considered to be of special architectural interest.
Local climate
31, 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 — 1 transaction since 2012
- 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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