Canal Warehouse of the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Branch) is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1982. Warehouse. 3 related planning applications.
Canal Warehouse of the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Branch)
- WRENN ID
- rooted-attic-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1982
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Canal Warehouse of the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Branch), Wharf Road, Ellesmere Urban, SY12 0EL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 399 345
- Coordinates
- 52.9052, -2.89493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The canal warehouse of the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Branch) is an early 19th-century structure with later alterations. It is built of red brick and has three storeys, each featuring a central loading door flanked by segmental-headed windows. The gabled end to the north includes a plain doorway with a later wooden gabled porch. The ground storey has blocked doorways on the west side next to the canal. The building has plain eaves and a slate roof. Additionally, there is a later 19th-century loading canopy on the south gabled end.
Local climate
Canal Warehouse of the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Branch) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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