The Dun Cow Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Public house. 1 related planning application.

The Dun Cow Public House

WRENN ID
half-chimney-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
Public house
Address
The Dun Cow Public House, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6AL
OS grid reference
SJ 500 123
Coordinates
52.70667, -2.74089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dun Cow Public House is a public house dating from the late 16th century, with later modifications. It features a timber-framed structure, with the lower storey now rendered and a plain tiled roof. The building has two storeys and a three-window range, showcasing three jettied gables that are framed in close studding and include middle rails. The gable apexes exhibit herringbone and ogee bracing. A central door is located in a projecting porch supported by Doric shafts, and there is a sculpted cow on the entablature above. The lower storey has twelve-pane sash windows and one fixed light window, while the upper storey features casement windows with leaded lights. There is a 19th-century stack on the right-hand gable and another at the rear left, along with a long rear wing.

Local climate

The Dun Cow Public House 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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