71 and 71a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
71 and 71a, High Street
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 71 and 71a, High Street, Wem Urban, SY4 5DR
- OS grid reference
- SJ 511 288
- Coordinates
- 52.85521, -2.72683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 71 and 71A on High Street are buildings dating from around the 17th century. They feature a timber-framed structure with a stuccoed front that is painted to resemble timber framing. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has gabled ends and coved eaves. The buildings rise to three storeys and have a two-window range. The windows include 19th and 20th century casements with two and three lights. The ground floor of No 71A, on the right, has a small early 19th century bowed shop window with glazing bars, thin pilasters, and an entablature. No 71, on the left, has a much-altered 19th century double-fronted shop front also featuring thin pilasters.
Local climate
71 and 71a, High Street 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 95% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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