Ovaisne House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. House.
Ovaisne House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-granite-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ovaisne House, Shawbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 575 226
- Coordinates
- 52.80016, -2.63064
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ovaisne House is a house dating from the mid- to late 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the late 20th century. It has a timber frame with painted brick nogging on a dressed red sandstone plinth, and has been enlarged in brick that is painted to resemble timber framing. The roof is covered with plain tiles. The framing features small square panels, three from the sole plate to the wall plate, along with long straight tension braces. The house consists of two framed bays with an additional section, and is one storey high with an attic.
On the west front, there is a large 17th-century timber-framed gabled eaves dormer that is off-centre to the left, featuring a pair of 20th-century two-light wooden casements. To the right, there is a smaller gabled eaves dormer that is also off-centre, with a 2-light wooden casement. A 20th-century brick stack is positioned in front of the ridge to the right. The house has two windows, which are 20th-century wooden casements with two and three lights. The left-hand gable end displays a collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and V-struts, and the entrance is located in this gable end as well. At the rear, there are four 20th-century gabled dormers and a 20th-century lean-to. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Ovaisne House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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