7 The Square is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A C18 House. 2 related planning applications.
7 The Square
- WRENN ID
- iron-flagstone-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- 7 The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 491 124
- Coordinates
- 52.70753, -2.75475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
7 The Square is a house that has been converted into a shop and offices, dating from around 1730. It is constructed of brick and features a plain tiled roof. The building stands three storeys high and has a four-window range. The late 19th-century shopfront includes clustered shafts and a central doorway. There is an additional doorway to the right, which is part of the shopfront and also features clustered shafts and an ogee arch. Above the shopfront, there are twelve-pane sash windows with flat-arched heads and keystones. The building has string courses at each level and a central rainwater head, as well as a deep modillion eaves cornice. The roof includes two gabled dormers and angle quoins.
Inside, there is a straight flight stair with heavy turned balusters and a closed string. The interior also features late 16th-century or early 17th-century panelling, which may have been resited or could be part of the original structure. This panelling includes small panels and a frieze decorated with abstract foliate patterns and mythical beasts.
Local climate
7 The Square 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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- 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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