1603 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. A C17 Church. 1 related planning application.
1603
- WRENN ID
- tangled-ember-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- 1603, Church Stretton, SY6 6JR
- OS grid reference
- SO 458 954
- Coordinates
- 52.55417, -2.79958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, dated 1603, is a house that was used as a Congregational church in the late 19th century. It features painted square-panelled timber framing that is three panels high, with painted infill panels. The roof is covered with plain tiles and includes 20th-century rooflights, along with integral 20th-century brick chimneys at the ridge and eaves. The structure has a simple two-cell plan.
The exterior is a single storey with an attic. The south front has three 20th-century two-light casements and one single casement, with a straight tension brace to the left. There is a painted raised fleurs-de-lys motif and the date '1603' in the infill panels to the right. The west gable end features two tension braces at the ground floor and a central 20th-century projecting oriel window. It also has a straight tie beam and two 20th-century two-light casements set in the vertical struts of the gable truss, which includes a collar and twin raking struts above.
On the north side, there is a tension brace to the right, a boarded front door, and a painted 17th-century projecting face-fixed mullion window with a moulded sill to the left. The east gable end has a single two-light casement set in vertical struts with a collar and twin raking struts above, a straight tie beam, and the ground level is covered by a later lean-to extension. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
1603 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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