71 and 72, 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.
71 and 72, Abbey Foregate
- WRENN ID
- tenth-lime-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- 71 and 72, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6BE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 501 123
- Coordinates
- 52.70666, -2.73922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building comprises a pair of late 18th-century houses located on Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury. Constructed of brick with a Welsh slate roof, the houses present a three-storey, three-window facade. A doorway is situated at No. 71, recessed within a pedimented surround, flanked by tripartite sash windows on each of the three floors. The doorway to No. 72 is set within a moulded architrave, with a twelve-pane sash window to the left on each floor. The upper windows are a mix of two-light casements and six-pane sashes, with a further six-pane sash window in the attic. Gable and axial stacks are present.
Local climate
71 and 72, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
- 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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