Unicorn Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Inn. 2 related planning applications.

Unicorn Inn

WRENN ID
fallow-lime-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1974
Type
Inn
Address
Unicorn Inn, Corve Street, Ludlow, SY8 1DU
OS grid reference
SO 510 752
Coordinates
52.37323, -2.71994
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Unicorn Inn is an inn with origins dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, with later 18th-century alterations. It features painted brick and timber-frame construction, topped with a plain tile roof that has two ridge lines. At the rear, there is an 18th-century brick chimney stack. The building is two stories high and has a four-window range. On the left side, there is a 20th-century four-over-eight sash window and a late 19th-century margin glazed sash window in a broad case, set within close studding. To the right, there are two more margin glazed sashes in moulded cases, which are positioned under segmental arches in painted brickwork, all beneath brick modillion eaves.

A blocked doorway can be found to the right, set under a gauged brick arch. There are also two 20th-century canted bay windows and an entrance to a passageway framed with a moulded surround and topped with a moulded bressummer. Inside the passageway, there is an exposed stop-chamfered ceiling beam, along with timber-framing from the 16th and 17th centuries, which includes brick infill. A 20th-century battened plank door is set in an earlier frame to the right, and there are two 20th-century casement windows above a reused joist acting as a lintel at the rear. The building has 19th and 20th-century wings at the rear, featuring 20th-century windows and a small 19th-century brick chimney stack.

The interior of the ground floor showcases much of the exposed timber-framing and ceiling beams, while the first floor also retains exposed ceiling beams and timber-framing on the left side.

Local climate

Unicorn Inn 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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