38, Broad Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. House. 2 related planning applications.
38, Broad Street
- WRENN ID
- burning-truss-elm
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- 38, Broad Street, Ludlow, SY8 1NL
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 744
- Coordinates
- 52.36573, -2.71842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 38 on Broad Street is a house dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of brick with a plain tile roof and features brick end stacks. The building is symmetrical, standing three stories tall with a five-window range. The windows include 6/6 sashes set in moulded cases with painted stone sills, topped by gauged brick flat arches, while the upper level has 3/3 sashes in similar settings. The eaves cornice is moulded and has modillions.
The central entrance features a six-panel door with a fanlight, set in a round-headed case beneath an open pediment hood supported by fluted pilasters. This door is flanked by additional 6/6 sash windows.
Inside, the house boasts decorative plasterwork friezes, cornices, and roses, along with a panelled room and fireplaces. It has six-panel doors with architraves and entablature, and an open well staircase with turned newels and balusters. A Venetian staircase window adds to the interior's elegance, featuring an enriched architrave and columns. Additionally, there is a rainwater head at the rear inscribed with "W.T.E 1768."
Local climate
38, Broad Street receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
- 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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