40, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
40, High Street
- WRENN ID
- haunted-pier-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 40, High Street, Much Wenlock, TF13 6AQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 620 997
- Coordinates
- 52.5946, -2.56129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Regency-era building on the north side of Much Wenlock High Street. It is two storeys high and constructed of stucco. The front features two projecting bays with a moulded wooden bay window. A recessed entrance is accessed by steps, and features a segmental head. Plain pilasters are located on either side of the entrance. The roof is hipped and tiled. Number 40, along with numbers 40 to 45 (consecutive), the Fox Hotel, and numbers 47 to 49 (consecutive), form a group.
Local climate
40, High Street receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 — 4 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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