3, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
3, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- mired-string-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- 3, Market Square, Higham Ferrers, NN10 8BP
- OS grid reference
- SP 960 684
- Coordinates
- 52.30601, -0.59325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, likely dating from the 16th century, which was remodelled in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is now used as offices. The exterior is limestone with a plain tile roof. Originally designed with a 2-unit plan, the building is two storeys high and has a three-window front. The first floor has 20th-century casement windows with wooden lintels. The ground floor was refenestrated in the 20th century, featuring two bow windows and a door on the right side. The right gable has an ashlar parapet with kneelers and a square gabled finial. A rebuilt brick stack is on the right side, retaining its original stone base. Inside, the entrance hall contains an open fireplace with an elaborately carved bressumer depicting birds interwoven with leaves. A moulded beam with a castellated top is above the fireplace. A room on the far left also has a moulded beam. The building is listed for its contribution to the group value of the surrounding properties.
Local climate
3, Market Square sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 — 2 transactions since 2013
- 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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