55 and 56, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. Commercial. 2 related planning applications.
55 and 56, High Street
- WRENN ID
- stark-balcony-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1949
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 55 and 56, High Street, Bridgnorth, WV16 4DX
- OS grid reference
- SO 716 931
- Coordinates
- 52.53551, -2.41938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two adjacent mid-18th century buildings on Bridgnorth High Street. The left-hand building is constructed of painted brick, while the right-hand building is of red brick. The buildings are three storeys high, with four sash windows on each. The windows are set within moulded architraves; the windows of number 56 have plain glazing, while those of number 55 have early 19th-century glazing bars. Quoins are present, along with a brick band and a rainwater head bearing initials. Moulded stone eaves top the facade. A modern shop front has been added to number 56. Number 55 features a late 18th-century double bow shop window with a central doorway, incorporating mid-19th-century glazing with turned columns. The buildings are part of a group that includes the Swan Inn and numbers 53 to 57 High Street.
Local climate
55 and 56, High Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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