The Compasses Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. A Not specified Inn. 5 related planning applications.
The Compasses Inn
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-kitchen-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- Inn
- Period
- Not specified
- Address
- The Compasses Inn, Corve Street, Ludlow, SY8 1DA
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 747
- Coordinates
- 52.36897, -2.7182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Compasses Inn is a house that has been converted into an inn. It has origins from the 20th century, but its core dates back to the 18th century and earlier. The building is constructed of brick and stucco, topped with a slate roof featuring a brick end stack. It stands two stories tall with a cellar and has a three-window range. The windows are 3/6 sashes set in quoined stucco cases, complete with hood mouldings. The central projecting bay features 20th-century double doors with a wooden portcullis, framed by a stone surround and a painted arch with a hood moulding above. The flanking windows are 1/1, 2/4, and 1/1 sashes, all in similar cases, with stucco quoins. Inside, there is a lot of imitation timber-frame work, but the rear bar retains large original posts and ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Compasses Inn 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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