56, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1978. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
56, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- sharp-hammer-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 56, Market Place, Warminster, BA12 9AW
- OS grid reference
- ST 875 450
- Coordinates
- 51.20426, -2.17938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th century, two-story cottage located at the rear of numbers 48 and 50 on the Market Place, separated by a narrow courtyard. The cottage is constructed of coursed squared rubble with ashlar corner piers. The north front features a moulded cornice and a segmental-headed window on the first floor, with a moulded architrave. It has a hipped roof covered in old tiles. To the east, there are two late-glazed sash windows on the first floor, set within ashlar surrounds. A one-and-a-half-story extension projects to the south, featuring a raking top dormer. The ground floor has been altered.
Local climate
56, Market Place receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions since 2002
- 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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