Public Market and Assembly Room is a Grade II* listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1951. Market house, assembly room. 8 related planning applications.
Public Market and Assembly Room
- WRENN ID
- dim-loft-torch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1951
- Type
- Market house, assembly room
- Address
- Public Market and Assembly Room, Broad Street, South Molton, EX36 3AB
- OS grid reference
- SS 714 257
- Coordinates
- 51.0171, -3.83441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Public Market and Assembly Room, formerly known as the Market House, was built in 1863 and designed by architect W. F. Cross from Exeter. This two-storey building is constructed of ashlar stone and features a slate roof. It has a moulded cornice and a parapet adorned with balustrading.
On the first floor, there are three cambered headed windows with moulded architraves, keystones, and two oculi. The central window has a curved pediment. The ground floor is rusticated and includes three round-headed arches, each with ram's head keystones, which provide access to the Pannier Market.
The first floor houses the New Assembly Room, which boasts a cast iron and glazed ceiling, gilded brackets, and two fireplaces with attractive Victorian cast iron grates. An inscription on the facade reads, "Erected AD 1863. J E JACKSON Esq. MAYOR."
Local climate
Public Market and Assembly Room sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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