St Owens Well is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Well. 4 related planning applications.
St Owens Well
- WRENN ID
- narrow-foundation-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Well
- Address
- St Owens Well, Queen Street, Much Wenlock
- OS grid reference
- SO 622 999
- Coordinates
- 52.5964, -2.55825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Owen's Well is the site of an ancient spring, recorded as early as the sixth century. It is marked by an opening and an inscribed stone tablet set into the base of a restored rubble wall on the east side of number 5 Much Wenlock Queen Street. A late Victorian gabled well-house of stone formerly stood on the site.
Local climate
St Owens Well receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 — 9 transactions since 2009
- 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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