139, Abbey Foregate is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 4 related planning applications.
139, Abbey Foregate
- WRENN ID
- fallow-corner-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- 139, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6AP
- OS grid reference
- SJ 503 122
- Coordinates
- 52.70567, -2.73635
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, located at 139 Abbey Foregate in Shrewsbury, is a house that is currently used for commercial purposes. It dates from the late 18th century and is constructed of brick with a Welsh slate roof. The building has two storeys and an attic with dormer windows, featuring a three-window range. The central doorway is framed by a pedimented case with lugged architraves and a bolection moulded entablature. The windows are flush-framed 12-pane sash windows with flat-arched gauged brick heads. There is a modillion eaves cornice and gabled dormers in the roof, along with coped gables and gable end stacks. To the right, there is a single-storey lean-to extension that has a 16-pane sash window.
Local climate
139, Abbey Foregate receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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