Despite its name, this building was never a market house and has had a chequered history.

Constructed in the early 1700s, it was originally an ale house with an attached smithy. In 1786, it was converted into a chapel by the Countess of Huntingdon, a wealthy and influential Methodist leader. From the 1850s, it was used by a series of businesses and for much of the 20th century, it was the offices of livestock market auctioneers. In 1991 it was sold to South Oxfordshire District Council.

Thame Market House in 2025