Half Moon Battery is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. Battery. 1 related planning application.
Half Moon Battery
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-pier-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1949
- Type
- Battery
- Address
- Half Moon Battery, Pound Street, Bridgnorth, WV16 4AP
- OS grid reference
- SO 713 930
- Coordinates
- 52.53494, -2.42345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Half Moon Battery is a portion of a semi-hexagonal bastion that was once connected to the town walls of Bridgnorth. The remains of these walls are mostly foundations made of brick, dating back to the 13th century.
Local climate
Half Moon Battery 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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