The Black Lion and Forecourt Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Inn. 2 related planning applications.

The Black Lion and Forecourt Railings

WRENN ID
second-bronze-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Inn
Address
The Black Lion and Forecourt Railings, 1, Welsh Street, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5BS
OS grid reference
SO 322 889
Coordinates
52.49449, -2.99871
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century house, later used as an inn. It was remodelled in the mid- to late 19th century. The exterior is stucco lined to resemble ashlar, set on coursed limestone rubble, with a slate roof. The building has a T-shaped plan and a lobby-entry design. It includes a basement and two storeys. Decorative barge and fascia boards adorn the gables above the outer windows, and there's a large central stone ridge stack. The front has three windows; the ground floor features tripartite plate glass sashes, while the first floor has a central plain sash. A central boarded double door leads to a mid- to late 19th-century porch supported by octagonal columns, topped with a frieze and cornice. A tripartite sash window appears on each floor of the left-hand front. Inside, two 17th-century fireplaces remain, notable for their chamfered spine beams with run-out stops over the lintels, along with a 17th-century staircase. A late 19th-century cast iron railed enclosure is located at the front.

Local climate

The Black Lion and Forecourt Railings receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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