18-21, Abbey Foregate is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Residential, commercial.
18-21, Abbey Foregate
- WRENN ID
- twisted-basalt-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Residential, commercial
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 18-21, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 497 124
- Coordinates
- 52.7076, -2.74489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of houses and shops located at 18-21 Abbey Foregate in Shrewsbury, now used as a garage and restaurant. The buildings likely date back to the 15th century, although they have been significantly altered over time. They feature brick cladding over cruck framing and have a tiled roof. The structure is one storey with an attic and has a four-bay plan, including a cross wing on the left side, where the framing is exposed in the rear gable. The ground floor has inserted doors and shop fronts, and the dormers in the roof have been renewed. The central gabled bay is advanced but has been entirely renewed. Inside, there are four massive cruck trusses with braced collars that are visible.
Local climate
18-21, Abbey Foregate receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% 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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