2, Market Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1996. Shop.

2, Market Street

WRENN ID
muted-bailey-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1996
Type
Shop
Address
2, Market Street, Ulverston
OS grid reference
SD 285 783
Coordinates
54.19579, -3.09605
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Market Street is a shop with living accommodation above, likely built in the early 19th century and altered over time. The building features painted render and a slate roof, standing three storeys tall with one bay. The ground floor has a 20th-century shop front, with a yard entrance to the right. On the first floor, there is a wide casement window with plain reveals and a timber lintel. The second floor has a sashed window with plain reveals and a sill band. There are no chimneys present. The rear elevation consists of one bay with glazing bar sashes and includes a narrow stair window to the right. This building is noted for its group value with other nearby structures.

Local climate

2, Market Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,650 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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