Market House is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1955. Market house. 3 related planning applications.

Market House

WRENN ID
proud-steel-saffron
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1955
Type
Market house
Address
Market House, Market Square, Princes Risborough, HP27 0AN
OS grid reference
SP 807 035
Coordinates
51.72444, -0.83243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Market House is a small market house built in 1824 as a gift from John Grubb. It was restored in 1867 and again in the 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick and features coved plaster eaves, a hipped slate roof, and a timber clock turret. It is a square, two-storey structure with two semi-circular arches on each side at the ground floor and a central leaded window above. The east and west sides have large single light windows, while the north side has a smaller single light window set into the coving. The south, east, south, and west sides include a 19th-century verandah supported by wooden posts and topped with a hipped slate roof. A war memorial is located on the central south pier, and there is a staircase on the north side. The central turret features a square panelled base with a clock, a moulded cornice, and an arched bell-cote above. The bell-cote is topped with a tented lead roof and a weather vane.

Local climate

Market House 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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