Old Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
Old Mill House
- WRENN ID
- low-merlon-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Mill House, Mill Street, Wem Urban, SY4 5EX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 511 284
- Coordinates
- 52.85121, -2.7263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Mill House is a timber-framed house dating to the early 17th century. It features close-set timber studs with plastered infill panels. The house has a steeply pitched gabled roof covered in Welsh slate. A gabled cross-wing is located on the right (south) side. The building is two storeys high with an attic. Modern casement windows are present, along with a small round-headed window in the gable containing glazing bars. A modern door is set within a brick surround on the left. A large central chimney stack is constructed of brick.
Local climate
Old Mill House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 11 transactions since 1998
- 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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