27, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. Shop. 1 related planning application.

27, Market Square

WRENN ID
pale-cinder-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1983
Type
Shop
Address
27, Market Square, Kirkby Stephen
OS grid reference
NY 774 087
Coordinates
54.47321, -2.34917
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

No. 27 is a shop located in Market Square, dated 1816 as indicated on the rainwater head. The building is constructed from coursed, slobbered rubble and features a graduated stone-flagged roof with a stone chimney at the north end. It has three storeys and three bays. The ground floor has a projecting 20th-century shop front that includes a part-glazed door with a rectangular fanlight on either side. Above, there is a single sash window with glazing bars on each floor. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

27, Market Square sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Pennine Hotel Grade II 15 m
  2. Shop to south west corner Grade II 15 m
  3. Croft House and Adjacent Shop Grade II 16 m
  4. 28, Market Street Grade II 28 m
  5. Sleddall House and Area Railings Grade II 29 m
  6. 35, Market Square Grade II 37 m
  7. 36, Market Square Grade II 40 m
  8. 23 and 25, Market Square Grade II 42 m
  9. 32, Market Street Grade II 46 m
  10. Kirkby Stephen War Memorial Grade II 49 m