The Music Box, 13 Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1970. House/shop. 2 related planning applications.

The Music Box, 13 Market Place

WRENN ID
quartered-spandrel-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1970
Type
House/shop
Address
The Music Box, 13 Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0AD
OS grid reference
SU 606 893
Coordinates
51.59989, -1.12507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Music Box at 13 Market Place is a house that has been converted into a shop and dwelling. It dates from the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The ground floor is faced with 20th-century red brick, while the upper floors are constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings. The building has a Welsh slate roof and features a brick internal stack located at the rear right. It is three stories tall and has a single-window range. The ground floor has a 20th-century shop front with a glazed door on the left. The first and second floors each have four-pane horned sash windows with cambered rubbed brick heads that include keystones at the center. There is a brick dentil course at the eaves. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

The Music Box, 13 Market Place sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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