1 and 2, Castle Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Shop. 2 related planning applications.

1 and 2, Castle Gates

WRENN ID
fallen-window-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Shop
Address
1 and 2, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AQ
OS grid reference
SJ 493 128
Coordinates
52.71093, -2.75081
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

1 and 2 Castle Gates is a shop that was originally a pair of houses, built in the late 17th to early 18th century. The building features painted brick over a timber frame and has a plain tiled roof. It stands two storeys tall with an attic and has a four-window range. The front has two early 20th-century shop fronts, which include fascias with console brackets and a passageway to the right. Above the shop fronts are 12-pane sash windows with flat-arched brick heads. The side wall displays thin square panelled framing. The roof has two gabled dormers and there is an axial stack.

Local climate

1 and 2, Castle Gates receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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