6, THE CROSS (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Bank, building society. 4 related planning applications.
6, THE CROSS (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- guardian-storey-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bank, building society
- Address
- 6, THE CROSS (See details for further address information), Oswestry, SY11 1RQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 290 296
- Coordinates
- 52.8593, -3.05529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 6 The Cross is a building society that was originally a bank, constructed between 1905 and 1906 by Shayler and Ridge. It is built from sandstone ashlar and features a machine tile roof with coped verges on the gables. Designed in the Jacobean style, the building stands three storeys tall.
The second floor has three-light mullion windows with segmental centre lights. The first floor showcases prominent oriel windows, also with three lights, which have moulded cornices and grotesque faces along with floral decoration on their undersides. The ground floor features similar three-light windows with pilastered surrounds and figural decoration on the capitals.
The facade is adorned with three shaped gables, each topped with miniature scrolled pediments, and there is a round angle turret on the right that has Renaissance-style ornamentation at the top, culminating in a bronze-capped dome with a pointed finial. The original entrance, which has been infilled, was located below a scalloped bracketed hood. The current entrance, inserted into a window, features late 20th-century panelled doors. There are three downpipes on the front of the building. This structure is noted for its detailed design and prominent location.
Local climate
6, THE CROSS (See details for further address information) receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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- No sale records on file
- 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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