8, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1968. House. 2 related planning applications.
8, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- north-postern-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8, Market Square, Northampton, NN1 2DL
- OS grid reference
- SP 754 605
- Coordinates
- 52.23806, -0.89694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 Market Square is a 19th-century building featuring a stucco exterior and a Welsh slated roof with a box dormer and cornice. It stands three storeys tall with attics, and has one window on each floor. The building has a modern shop front and is included for its group value with Nos 1, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 13, which together form a cohesive architectural group.
Local climate
8, Market Square sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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