Arbour Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House. 3 related planning applications.

Arbour Cottages

WRENN ID
tangled-gateway-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1974
Type
House
Address
Arbour Cottages, 1 and 2, Aston Munslow, SY7 9ER
OS grid reference
SO 510 866
Coordinates
52.47577, -2.72202
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Arbour Cottages is a pair of houses that have been combined into a single dwelling, dated 1632. The structure features a painted timber frame set on a stone rubble plinth, with painted brick and render infill panels, and a stone rubble gable end. It has a graduated slate roof and two rear chimneys: one is a projecting stone rubble eaves stack with tiled offsets and a 19th-century brick shaft, while the other is an integral stone stack also with a 19th-century brick shaft.

The exterior consists of two storeys and a single storey with an attic. The front displays square framing with three panels high on the left and four panels high on the right. A central gabled wing projects, featuring the date in the gable and 20th-century wood casements on each storey. To the left, there is a plain doorway beneath an open porch with a slate pentice roof. A single gabled dormer with a two-light casement is positioned above a two-light ground-storey casement. On the right side, there are two 20th-century casements on both storeys and a partly glazed door.

The right-hand gable-end truss showcases square framing four panels high, with a pair of straight tension braces, a straight tie beam, vertical struts, and a collar with twin raking struts. The left gable-end is made of stone rubble. At the rear, square framing is partly obscured by a projecting stack and lean-to extensions, which include 20th-century casements.

Inside, the ground-floor rooms feature exposed ceiling beams, and the roof has a twin trenched-purlin construction.

Local climate

Arbour Cottages receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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