Mounting Block in Front of Talbot Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. Mounting block.
Mounting Block in Front of Talbot Hotel
- WRENN ID
- plain-joist-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1954
- Type
- Mounting block
- Address
- Mounting Block in Front of Talbot Hotel, High Street, Cleobury Mortimer
- OS grid reference
- SO 673 757
- Coordinates
- 52.37863, -2.48172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mounting block in front of the Talbot Hotel is a stone structure that likely dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It features a flat slab set on a plinth, with a flight of three stone steps on each side. Currently, it serves as the base for a sign post for the Talbot Hotel. There is a historical tradition suggesting that the body of Prince Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII and first husband of Katherine of Aragon, was laid on this block when it was transported from Ludlow to Worcester Cathedral in 1502, although it is uncertain if the block is actually from that time.
Local climate
Mounting Block in Front of Talbot Hotel 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 63% 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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