The Old Tannery is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Tannery
- WRENN ID
- crooked-shingle-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Tannery, 71 and 71a, Corve Street, Ludlow, SY8 1DU
- OS grid reference
- SO 510 753
- Coordinates
- 52.3736, -2.71998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Tannery comprises two houses, dating from the early 18th century with origins in the 17th century, and incorporating earlier timber-frame construction. The front elevation is painted brick, with a Welsh slate roof and a brick stack at the rear. The building is three storeys high, with a four-window front. It features 20th-century casement windows set beneath segmental arches, separated by a horizontal storey band. A 20th-century six-panel door is at the centre, set within a moulded case with a flat hood supported by plain consoles. This is flanked by 20th-century windows with segmental arches; a further half-glazed door is to the right, alongside another door providing access to the adjacent property, Corve Cottage. A storey band runs across the front. Timber framing is visible in the right-hand gable.
The interior reveals exposed timber framing and ceiling beams from the early 17th century and later, with substantial frame posts on the ground and first floors at the rear. A chamfered spine beam and a blocked door frame are visible on the first floor. In the attic, there is a collared truss and chamfered purlins.
Local climate
The Old Tannery 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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