16 and 17, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1994. Shop and dwelling. 1 related planning application.
16 and 17, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- riven-paling-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1994
- Type
- Shop and dwelling
- Address
- 16 and 17, Market Square, Buckingham, MK18 1NW
- OS grid reference
- SP 695 339
- Coordinates
- 52.00008, -0.98775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
16 and 17 Market Square is a shop and dwelling that dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is rendered and features incised masonry patterns, topped with a plain-tile roof from the 20th century. It likely originally had a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, presenting a three-window range. A 20th-century shop front is located to the right of the centre, while a canted bay window is positioned to the left. The first floor has 19th-century horned and quartered sash windows with moulded, rendered surrounds. The building has a rendered plinth and painted lead rainwater heads at either end of a coped parapet. There are three gabled roof dormer windows, each with two-light casements.
Inside, the cellar or basement features chamfered spine beams and two fireplaces with chamfered bressumers, likely used partly as a kitchen. The first floor has boxed spine beams and a corner fireplace in the rear room with a bolection-moulded wood surround. The roof is a three-bay structure with collar trusses, round-arched bracing to the collar with chamfers, and one tier of visible purlins.
Local climate
16 and 17, Market Square 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2004
- 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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