27, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. A C19 Commercial building.

27, High Street

WRENN ID
lone-cupola-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1983
Type
Commercial building
Address
27, High Street, Wem Urban
OS grid reference
SJ 513 289
Coordinates
52.8555, -2.72415
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 27 High Street is an early 19th-century building with a stucco exterior. It features a Welsh slate roof with gabled ends and slightly overhanging eaves. The structure has three storeys and three bays. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, and the central bay includes a two-storey blind panel with a rounded top. The building is accented by quoin pilasters and has a large Victorian shop front.

Local climate

27, High Street 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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