55 and 56, Old Market Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1972. Pair of houses. 2 related planning applications.
55 and 56, Old Market Street
- WRENN ID
- last-landing-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1972
- Type
- Pair of houses
- Address
- 55 and 56, Old Market Street, BS2 0ER
- OS grid reference
- ST 597 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45598, -2.58096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of attached houses, now shops, dating from the late 18th century, located on the south side of Old Market Street in Bristol. The houses share a significant brick party wall and have brick stacks. Number 55 has a hipped roof, while the roof of number 56 is not visible. The houses are arranged over three storeys and have a two-window frontage. They feature 20th-century shop fronts with rusticated pilasters and a parapet. The windows are segmental-headed, with five stepped voussoirs, and contain plate-glass sashes set in flush boxes. The interior of the property has not been inspected. The building is of group value.
Local climate
55 and 56, Old Market Street receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 4 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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