Apothecaries House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1969. House. 1 related planning application.
Apothecaries House
- WRENN ID
- small-lintel-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- Apothecaries House, 12, College Hill, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LZ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 490 123
- Coordinates
- 52.70665, -2.75538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Apothecaries House is an early 18th-century house, built on the site of an earlier building and extensively restored in the 20th century. It is constructed of brick with a plain tiled roof and some internal timbering. The main south-facing elevation has two storeys and an attic, with a two-window range beneath a wide gable that has been partially rebuilt. The ground floor has French windows, while the first floor has 12-pane sash windows. There are two-light casements in the attic. A side entrance is also present. A narrower gable to the right has a single window to each floor, creating a flying freehold over part of the adjacent property at No.10 College Hill. An axial brick chimney stack is visible.
The interior features a wide entrance hall running the length of the rear of the house, with an early 18th-century staircase having turned balusters and a closed string. A late 18th-century marble fireplace, in the Adam style, is located in one ground-floor room. Significant remains of an earlier timber frame survive, largely re-sited within the roof structure. These include one deeply moulded beam, possibly dating from the 16th century. During the recent restoration, two painted plaster panels were removed from window embrasures.
Local climate
Apothecaries House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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