1 and 2, Council House Courtyard is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Pair of houses. 1 related planning application.
1 and 2, Council House Courtyard
- WRENN ID
- muffled-soffit-elm
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Pair of houses
- Address
- 1 and 2, Council House Courtyard, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 494 126
- Coordinates
- 52.70955, -2.75001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of houses of around 1700, with remnants of an earlier structure visible in number 1. The houses are built of brick with a Welsh slate roof. The courtyard elevation has three storeys and a six-window front. Each house comprises three bays but is planned differently. Number 1 features a central entrance with a six-panelled door set within a pedimented architrave flanked by Corinthian fluted pilasters. Number 2 has an entrance to the left, featuring a six-panelled door with an overlight in a moulded architrave with console brackets supporting a canopy. The windows are flush-framed 12-pane sashes, with moulded sills and flat-arched gauged brick heads. There are blank recessed panels above the windows in the parapet. Stone angle quoins define the corners.
The rear elevation, facing the garden, is three storeys and eleven bays wide, with curved gable ends and a long parapet concealing the roofline. The side elevation of number 2 appears to be of earlier construction, with brick and roughcast render over a possible timber frame. It has a steeply pitched roof and a series of axial stacks.
The interiors contain early 18th century staircases with turned balusters and moulded tread ends, along with some fine wall panelling.
Local climate
1 and 2, Council House Courtyard 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 — 5 transactions since 1995
- 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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